I Would or I Wouldn't...

Wasn’t sure if I would or wouldn’t compile a potpourri this week, but in the end (and with NO collusion, mind you, NONE, noooo collusion whatsoever) here it is:

1) “The biggest skill to learn moving forward…” (h/t Gary Davis):

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/bill-gates-hero-anna-rosling-reveals-key-skill-for-future-success.html

2)  A maddening puzzle passed along by Lior Pachter this week:

http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tom/Games/chomp

3)  A checklist of statistical problems (to avoid) for researchers (h/t Frank Harrell):

http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/ManuscriptChecklist

4)  A “Commencement Address” from Joe Schwartz:

http://exit10a.blogspot.com/2018/07/commencement-address.html

5)  Pillows, knitting, and mathematics:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/what-knitting-can-teach-you-about-math-180969637/

6)  An intro to Brouwer constructivism in 2 pieces from plus Magazine:

https://plus.maths.org/content/intuitionism

https://plus.maths.org/content/paradise

7)  A little history of zero and the empty set:
https://thatsmaths.com/2018/07/19/the-empty-set-is-nothing-to-worry-about/

8)  The semi-finals of the Big Internet Math Off have been appropriately close with Nira Chamberlain winning a nail-biter, and voting continuing in the final pairing:
https://aperiodical.com/category/the-big-internet-math-off/

9)  Also, be sure to check out a few additional links I posted at Math-Frolic yesterday:

https://math-frolic.blogspot.com/2018/07/pre-potpourri.html

…Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest): 

1)  A rare, negative review of Douglas Hofstadter’s “Gödel, Escher, Bach”:

https://blog.infinitenegativeutility.com/2018/7/why-i-dont-love-godel-escher-bach

2)  Tom Toles' Twitter feed:

https://twitter.com/TomTolesToons

...and a cool new Munker visual illusion via Cliff Pickover:
https://twitter.com/pickover/status/1020125527162703873