Big announcement today, we have set up the With A Shout Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music.  We will add every song we feature in the daily newsletter to the playlist, and based on feedback on Discord, we will add and link to more tunes.  Let us know what you think.

After the big announcement, we check in with our algorithm thoughts, which may turn into a more extensive series on the recommendations that shape us.  Scott Galloway follows the algorithm with some algebra and makes a few fascinating associations between math and happiness.  Finally, Soren Iverson creates a fictional vote to cancel the bottom on meeting requests.  All must-see information.

A new idea floating through the office this week concerns the algorithms we see every day.  We read a lot of news and information, and what might start in the email inbox can take us to other websites.  From other websites, we might link to a video, another website, or an opportunity to discover another writer, artist, or musician.  The direction we take based on this input (the links we click) is saved by the systems, and new recommendations will come from this.  Sometimes depending on the website or application, we might see a story that lacks relevance; when we do, we can tell the site (like Twitter or Facebook) that we don't want to see stories like the one it gave us or in other cases we click on something else. 

As an experiment, we are going to track the recommendations, where we started, and where it takes us, and we are going to see if certain decisions improve are feeds or not.  The better we manage the algorithm and the recommendations, the better the information we gather and report on, and the faster we can do it. 

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Scott Galloway is one of those recommendations the algorithm gave us today.  This is a presentation Galloway gave a few years ago where he talks about happiness.  What makes this talk different from most presentations on happiness is the math.  Galloway takes a few somewhat obvious ideas, but as all great thinkers do, he presents the same pictures differently and more associatively to make a more significant point.

Galloway says the percentage of you time you spend sweating vs. watching someone else sweat is a forward indicator of the life you will lead.  Watch ESPN all the time vs. going to the gym and participating in sports and activities, and it can be the difference between high success and achievement vs. anger, blame, and complacency in life.

Partner is the key, and Attraction + Values + Money make a relationship last. 

Galloway calls the algebra of compound interest the magic box of money.  Put a little money into the magic box, let it sit, and out will come a significant investment.

Happiness is one of those words like Love or God; sometimes, the word is too big and has too many meanings.  It might be why we chase those things for most of our lives.  This is a quick 10-minute video with links to more extended versions of similar talks by Galloway (see algorithms above!).  Best 10 minutes you will spend today.

Soren Iverson is a designer and developer who creates fictional apps in his newsletter.  Vote to Cancel meeting is his latest.  We vote YES!

Groovy Train.

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