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The Economist covers math, physics, philosophy, and AI in a manner that shows how different countries perceive developments and how they impact markets. They recently published a piece on China's new neutrino detector. They cover extending life via mitochondrial transplants, creating an entirely new field of medicine. But it's also not just science. They analyze culture. They analyze finance, economics, business, international affairs across every region. I'm particularly liking their new insider feature. It was just launched this month. It gives you, it gives me, a front-row access to The Economist's internal editorial debates, where senior editors argue through the news with world leaders and policymakers in twice-weekly-long format shows. Basically, an extremely high-quality podcast. Something else you should know about is that if you go to their app, they not only have daily articles, but they also have long-form podcasts with their editors and writers. This is also available online. Whether it's scientific innovation or shifting global politics, The Economist provides comprehensive coverage beyond headlines. As a Toe listener, you get a special discount. Head over to economist.com slash toe to subscribe. That's economist.com slash toe for your discount.

For me, the hardest part about most conversations is actually what happens after. That is, the follow-ups that I'm supposed to send, or the ideas that I have on walks later that just escape my mind by the time that I sit down. Fortunately, I've been using Plaud, P-L-A-U-D, and the shift is super simple. I stopped trying to hold everything in my head. Plaud starts with hardware, which is what makes it different. There's the Note Pin S, which is a wearable, and it's completely hands-free. I use it when I'm moving around, when I'm out for a walk, when I'm thinking out loud, even when I'm in the shower, wherever I don't want to pull out my phone. And when I need to capture phone calls or more intentional conversations, I use the Note Pro. It magnetically attaches to my phone, records calls and meetings, and keeps everything organized afterward. What PLOD truly does is it turns what I've heard into something that I can actually use. Summaries, action items, follow-ups, without the mental overhead of reconstructing everything later. It basically becomes a searchable record of your own work. So if your work lives in conversations, whether that's research, medicine, law, or just a huge amount of meetings, it's worth looking into. It's also built around enterprise security standards, SOC2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliant. Check it out at plaud.ai slash curt. That's P-L-A-U-D dot A-I slash C-U-R-T and use code C-U-R-T, curt, for a 15% discount. This video is sponsored by Plaud. All opinions are my own.

For me, the hardest part about most conversations is actually what happens after. That is, the follow-ups that I'm supposed to send, or the ideas that I have on walks later that just escape my mind by the time that I sit down. Fortunately, I've been using Plaud, P-L-A-U-D, and the shift is super simple. I stopped trying to hold everything in my head. Plaud starts with hardware, which is what makes it different. There's the Note Pin S, which is a wearable, and it's completely hands-free. I use it when I'm moving around, when I'm out for a walk, when I'm thinking out loud, even when I'm in the shower, wherever I don't want to pull out my phone. And when I need to capture phone calls or more intentional conversations, I use the Note Pro. It magnetically attaches to my phone, records calls and meetings, and keeps everything organized afterward. What PLOD truly does is it turns what I've heard into something that I can actually use. Summaries, action items, follow-ups, without the mental overhead of reconstructing everything later. It basically becomes a searchable record of your own work. So if your work lives in conversations, whether that's research, medicine, law, or just a huge amount of meetings, it's worth looking into. It's also built around enterprise security standards, SOC2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliant. check it out at plaud.ai slash curt. That's P-L-A-U-D dot A-I slash C-U-R-T and use code C-U-R-T, curt, for a 15% discount. This video is sponsored by Plaud. All opinions are my own.

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Half of my day is spent in conversations and research. The other half is spent trying to remember what was said and read. That's where plot comes in, PLAUD. I have far too many thoughts. I always tell myself that I'm going to remember them and then I almost never do. It's incredibly frustrating. But I've been using plot for many months now and it's a huge game changer. It's actually ridiculous. I've noticed that this channel's output theories of everything, if you've also noticed that it's increased in quality and clarity over the past few months, if it's improved at all, plot is responsible for a non -trivial chunk of that. I would say it's something like a 5 % gain in thinking and that workflow compounds fast. If you're a knowledge work, you know how valuable, even incremental, small, 1 %, 2 % changes are. This trounces that. What I like is that it removes friction. I'll use the note pin S when I'm walking, moving around or just thinking out loud. It's hands -free. I don't have to look at a screen and I could stay present with the world. I don't have to worry that I'm going to drop my phone. Then I use note pro in more structured settings when I actually want to capture and organize conversations more deliberately. So instead of ideas slipping away, everything gets captured, processed, and then turned back into something usable. It's basically a system for extending one's working memory into the real world and if you know anything about intelligence, intelligence is highly correlated with working memory. So if your work depends on conversations, research, business, medicine, law, this kind of thing matters far more than you'd expect. They're also serious about privacy and security. SLC2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliant. If you want to check it out, go to plaud .ai -c -u -r -t and use code CURT.