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All about the common cold (full recreation of CommonCold.org,

For about 20 years CommonCold.org was an invaluable resource about common upper respiratory infections from two senior medical researchers…

Dec 28, 2021

All about the common cold (full recreation of CommonCold.org,

Dec 28, 2021

Robert Wiblin

How I used the internet to painlessly relearn a language and you could too

Things are totally different than when I first learnt Spanish back in 2003.

Sep 28, 2020

How I used the internet to painlessly relearn a language and you could too

Sep 28, 2020

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‘Ugh’ Tasks: Why Basic Items on Your To-Do List Are Suddenly Insurmountable

You flinch every time you remember that you still have to do them

Sep 16, 2020

Tired exhausted man covering face with hands in front of laptop.

Sep 16, 2020

Robert Wiblin

‘Ugh Fields’, or why you can’t even bear to think about that task

Have you ever had a long-overdue task — a task which isn’t so bad in itself — but which you can’t even bring yourself to think about?

Sep 11, 2020

Mock to-do list with checkboxes.

Sep 11, 2020

Robert Wiblin

24 ways I’ve changed my mind about COVID-19

I haven’t written about COVID19 for a while. Here’s some random updates on things I think we’ve learned and how my best guesses have…

Aug 6, 2020

Aug 6, 2020

Robert Wiblin

Why you shouldn’t tolerate bullying even if your job is really important

“I cared too much about the impact we were having” is a weaker reason to stay in a job than it looks.

Jun 2, 2020

Why you shouldn’t tolerate bullying even if your job is really important

Jun 2, 2020

Robert Wiblin

The lockdown is expensive and might well not work. Here’s why we should try it anyway.

There are many solid considerations against trying a suppression approach to COVID-19 that involves enforced lockdowns and more. It may be…

Mar 24, 2020

The lockdown is expensive and might well not work. Here’s why we should try it anyway.

Mar 24, 2020

Robert Wiblin

Our data suggests people keep listening to podcasts even if they’re very long

We’ve looked into our own data and, contrary to the expectations of many, people just keep listening to long episodes, at least so long as…

Jan 28, 2020

Our data suggests people keep listening to podcasts even if they’re very long

Jan 28, 2020

Robert Wiblin

Things I recommend you buy and use, Rob edition

A few months ago my friend Sam Bowman wrote a blog post about 35 things he recommends you buy and use. Many of the things on the list were…

Jul 14, 2019

Things I recommend you buy and use, Rob edition

Jul 14, 2019

Robert Wiblin

What you think about landfill and recycling is probably totally wrong

Most people have an extremely incorrect perception about waste disposal and recycling. Here’s the reality.

Jul 14, 2019

What you think about landfill and recycling is probably totally wrong

Jul 14, 2019

Robert Wiblin

Robert Wiblin

I research the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them at 80000hours.org. More about me: robwiblin.com.

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