Bookology
The Psychology of Money
Author: Morgan Housel
Published: Harriman House, September 2020
“The Psychology of Money” gives readers tips and tools for combating “money biases”. 19 short stories explore the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense
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Emotional
Author: Leonard Mlodinow
Published: Allen Lane, 4th January 2022
We’ve all been told that thinking rationally is the key to success. But at the cutting edge of science, researchers are discovering that feeling is every bit as important as thinking.
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Anéantir(Destroy)
Author: Michel Houllebecq
Published: Flammarion, 7th January 2022 available now in French, German and Greek.
2026 and 2027, France is in decline but the bourgeois elites are not doing so badly. A fusion of cyber-terrorism, politicians with post-democratic thoughts, and a 47-year-old civil servant undergoing emotional education. A complex story of everyday frustrations and a catastrophic end of everything.
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To Paradise
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Published: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 11th January 2022
Three stories intertwined in an enthralling symphony. Set in an alternate version of 1893´s America, a 1993´s Manhatten, besieged by the AIDS epidemic, and a 2093 world driven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule.
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From the art world
Venice Biennale 2022
The 59th Biennale will be under the direction of curator Cecilia Alemani. The event was twice-postponed and will now go ahead in Venice from April 23rd through November 27th 2022. The title “The Milk of Dreams,” is taken from Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington’s absurdist book, first published in the 1950s.
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Expressionists for sale
The Gerlinger Collection, a private collection of around 1,000 works of German Expressionism will be sold by Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Germany. The proceeds will benefit three charitable organisations. The world’s biggest collections of German Expressionism will be auctioned over the next four years. The first lot will be auctioned in June.
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Too many auctions
While the world’s wealthiest scramble to pay multiple-estimate prices for works of art by the newest kids on the auction block, the market for less fashionable Old Masters continues to struggle. Sotheby’s and Christie’s first live December evening auctions were 19.5% down on the total achieved at the equivalent sales in 2019.
image@Musee National des Chateaux de Versailles et de Trianon via The New Your Times
In a nutshell
About hair
Do you know where all the hair go once your dead ends are swept out of sight at the salon? Hair, is an organic material, in theory, it ought to break down naturally, but it doesn´t. Hair doesn’t biodegrade that quickly — it takes a couple of years. The amount of nitrogen produced by decaying human hair can cause various forms of water pollution.
Celebrity obsession
A recent study from a group of Hungarian nerds claims that people who are more obsessed with celebrities tend to score lower on cognitive tests. Really? Maybe, the results may have less to do with intelligence and more to do with a person’s difficulty dedicating attention to anything that doesn’t relate to their obsession of choice.
Meme Culture in Fashion
In October something significant happened the Met Gala got its first official “meme correspondent”. Saint Hoax, a Syrian artist. Hoax a meme-influencer was enlisted by Instagram, one of the Met Gala’s 2021 sponsors. He was to attend the event and live meme the red carpet arrivals to help generate more social media reach, engagement and therefore coverage, of the night.
Inspiration of the month
“Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn’t.”
Michelle Obama