Nerds, leaders, ear cutters-offers… listen up! • Required Reading Issue #44

Our semi-weekly collection of 10 internet items worth your attention

1 
NERDS! You’re not fooling me. Stop pretending you understood Einstein and look at this: Gravitational waves explained!

2 
MOVIE LOVERS! Who’s who on a movie crew will teach you the difference between a gaffer and a dolly grip, and quite frankly, I can’t believe you didn’t know this stuff already!

3 
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON FANS! OK Go’s new music video was shot entirely in zero gravity.

4 
LEADERS! Powerful people are terrible at making decisions together.

5 
EAR CUTTERS-OFFERS! Wait! I’ve got the perfect place for you to cut off your ear: This replica of Van Gogh’s ‘Bedroom’ on Airbnb!

6 
CREATIVES! What makes you different from everyone else? Your freaking BRAIN, that’s what!

7 
THE BREATHING! How to move through the four stages of life. (And I thought I had hit at least stage six.)

8 
PODCASTERS! My child’s imaginary friend is a podcast.

9 
THE OLDS! Ben Rosen’s little sister taught him to Snapchat like the teens.

And finally…

10 
OVERSHARERS! Man finds out wife is pregnant via Reddit’s analysis of her FitBit data.

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
 — Albert Einstein