As I was lost in some cursory internet wanderings while looking up Stoic philosophy (sue me – I have some diverse interests), I had an accidental collision with some Tim Ferris articles and got sucked down into the rabbit hole.
Somewhere after listening to yet another Podcast on Stoicism and the letters of Seneca, I was inspired by Ferris to pull together a weekly series covering things which caught my attention to share with my followers. While it’s not Steemit specific, I will feature at least one blog post from Steemit which caught my attention this week.
I’d love to see others pick up the baton and post their own nuggets under the hash tag: #fivenuggets
Without further ado, five nuggets which caught my attention this week:
Timeline of the Far Future
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/timeline-of-the-far-future
I have to offer a plug to Stumbleupon for this particular nugget. If you have never used Stumbleupon, it is by far one of the best ways to uncover content you may have never come across before. In my current episode of Stumbleupon void-filling and time-killing, I came across this killer Infographic of the far future timeline until the Earth is consumed by the sun.
Scotch, Song, & Soul - What the Water Gave Me 
https://steemit.com/whisky/@uniwhisp/scotch-song-and-soul-what-the-water-gave-me
I have to admit from the start, I am seriously finicky about what I curate and upvote. However, when I can find a philosophical post which combines the concepts of embracing chaos and weaves in allusions during a whisky tasting, I find myself compelled to read more. Excellent piece to check out during some spare time.
Wild new microchip tech could grow brain cells on your skin
https://www.cnet.com/news/stem-cells-skin-nanotransfection-dna-brain-organs-ohio-state-nanochip/
One of the absolute coolest things I stumbled across this week is how the Star Trek Sick Bay surgical suite will be coming to a hospital near you soon. What more can be said about how incredibly awesome it is to live in an age where, with the swipe of a microchip, skin cells can be reprogrammed to become virtually any other cell type your body might need?
Beam me up, Scotty.
Loving Vincent (Upcoming Film)
I’ve been waiting for this movie since I’d first heard about its production last year. Inspired by 120 of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings, 125 artists pooled their collective talent to create the very first biographical film from 65,000 oil paintings done entirely by hand. They were stitched together to form live action sequences which are absolutely breathtaking. The film is due to hit theaters in the United States September 22, 2017.
American Numismatic Association (Money Museum)
I’ve been traveling through my home state of Colorado quite a bit in recent times, and my wife came across a Groupon for the “Money Museum” here in Colorado. It boasts the largest and most complete collection of American Gold coins from 1795 – 1933. While I’m not an avid coin collector, the history of currency, coins, paper currencies and other specimens do interest me, as I would imagine it would interest most crypto enthusiasts. I’m looking forward to hitting this museum sometime in the next two weeks. I’m sure a blog post will come from this.
Looking forward to seeing #fivenuggets from some others out in Steemitland.
Until next time....