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# Further Reading
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/26/further-reading-97/
- Published: 2024-01-26T10:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-30T17:52:54.000Z
- Description: How to have a more productive year. The consciousness wars. The cerebellum. The Mandelbrot set revisited. The cause of depression. The meaning of a dog’s tail wag. Math and literature. Witchcraft. Tool. And more.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Blog, Further Reading

Cal Newport on [how to have a more productive year](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/office-space/how-to-have-a-more-productive-year?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com). Re-read this January next year.

The [quest to decode the Mandelbrot set](https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-quest-to-decode-the-mandelbrot-set-maths-famed-fractal-20240126/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com), math’s famed fractal. Truly excellent article.

The [cause of depression](https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-cause-of-depression-is-probably-not-what-you-think-20230126/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) is probably not what you think.

How much of the world is it possible to [model](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/how-much-of-the-world-is-it-possible-to-model?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)?

What does your [dog’s tail wag](https://www.science.org/content/article/what-does-your-dog-s-tail-wag-really-mean?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) really mean? A review of scientific studies challenges some common assumptions.

Can [autoimmune diseases](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00169-7?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) be cured? Scientists see hope at last.

[The consciousness wars](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00107-7?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com): can scientists ever agree on how the mind works? There are dozens of theories of how the brain produces conscious experience, and a new type of study is testing some of them head-to-head.

The [enduring appeal of Tool](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-weird-enduring-appeal-of-tool?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com). (I'm a fan).

The [cerebellum](https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-part-of-the-brain-that-controls-movement-also-guides-feelings-20240123/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) is responsible for far more than coordinating movement. New techniques reveal that it is, in fact, a hub of sensory and emotional processing in the brain.

The links between math, music and art have been explored for thousands of years. Sarah Hart is now turning [a mathematical eye to literature](https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-theorist-who-sees-math-in-art-music-and-writing-20240112/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Across seven centuries, women have been accused of [witchcraft](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/22/witchcraft-a-history-in-thirteen-trials-marion-gibson-book-review?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) \- but what that means often differs wildly, revealing the anxieties of each particular society.

Large language models help computer programs to evolve. A branch of computer science known as genetic programming has been given a [boost](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03998-0?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) with the application of large language models that are trained on the combined intuition of the world’s programmers.

[Interview](https://www.ft.com/content/52829a84-282d-4298-ac27-52d1255ddf91?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) with Giuliano da Empoli, author of “Le Mage du Kremlin” (The Wizard of the Kremlin). “Putin knows he made a mistake. But one rule of power is to never go back.”

An [artificial-intelligence tool](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00141-5?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) can rigorously prove whether geometric facts are true, just as well as competitors in the International Mathematical Olympiad.

teamLab is opening [a major new Tokyo space](https://www.ft.com/content/50357649-1503-446c-905e-852d1d1c2f1f?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) in February.

The amazing [Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024 show](https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/maison-margiela-couture-paris-spring-2024-john-galliano?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) by John Galliano.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2024/01/maison-margiela-artisanal-2024-9.jpg)

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Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024 by John Galliano