RI#126 - Photo processing/Weapons of Mass Distraction/Better phone use

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🌐 Websites

• photorestoration.ai restores old photos online for free. This free online AI photo restoration tool can not only fix scratched childhood photos, damaged army photos, sun-faded vintage photos, or creased photos, but it can also enhance the details of the old photos.

• Compress multiple images at once using the Bulk Image Compressor. Upload up to 50 PNG or JPEG images at once and wait for them to be compressed. You can download the images one by one or download them all at once as a ZIP file.

• At the end of the day we all have to eat something. And this is where WhatToCook.org comes to help. You can search for a concrete meal or just go to a random recipe.

📝 Articles

• The element fueling economic growth is not a rare earth metal, processing power, or NFTs: It’s attention. Professor Scott Galloway explains what Weapons of Mass Distraction are.

• What is the point of crypto?

📙 Books

Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life

In 2013 Rolf Dobelli stood in front of a roomful of journalists and proclaimed that he did not read the news. It caused a riot. Now the author of the bestselling The Art of Thinking Clearly finally sets down his philosophy in detail. And he practises what he preaches: he hasn't read the news for a decade.

Stop Reading the News is Dobelli's manifesto about the dangers of the most toxic form of information - news. He shows the damage it does to our concentration and well-being, and how a misplaced sense of duty can misdirect our behaviour. Most importantly, he offers the reader the guidance on how to live without news, and the many potential gains to be had: less disruption, more time, less anxiety, more insights.

📱 Apps

• Zario is the first app that creates a personal journey of exciting, psychology backed challenges to improve how we use our phones and live our lives. /iOS, Android

• Enjoy your newsletters in a space built for mindful reading while giving your inbox space to breathe. Try Meco. /iOS

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