Merlin's Best of 2021™ kicks off with the return of "Cool Things I Learned This Week."

Links for this episode:

• The Talk Show #331 – “John Was the Problem,” with Merlin MannMerlin Mann returns to the show to discuss two brief topics (with a few asides): my dream of opening a steakhouse, and Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary _Get Back_.
• Overcast - ‘John Was the Problem’, With Merlin Mann — The Talk Show With John Gruber — Overcast
• Watch The Beatles: Get Back | Disney+
• ttscoff/KeyBindings: DefaultKeybindings.dict for Mac OS X
• minute-coronavirus-stress-resets.html" class="link">Five-Minute Coronavirus Stress Resets - The New York Times
• Release v1.4.0 · swiftbar/SwiftBar
• How to Calm Down from Extreme Emotions in 30 Seconds - Mindfulness Muse
• The Mammalian Diving Response: An Enigmatic Reflex to Preserve Life?
• 5by5 | Back to Work #372: Hole That RabbitIn extensive follow-up, your hosts talk about the listener who was having trouble with addressing employees and social media use. This goes lots of interesting places.
• 5by5 | Back to Work #371: Avocado PeopleAlso, your hosts finally (finally!) address a listener's excellent and very difficult question about her millennial employee's use of social media. Lot of levels!
• SonicCloud Personalized Sound - Home
• Hearing Test Apps — Mimi Health
• iOS 15 brings powerful new features to stay connected, focus, explore, and more - Apple
• Eagle - Organize all your reference images in one place
• Merlin's Wisdom Project
• Mimi Hearing Technologies | Mimi Hearing Test now integrated into Apple Health
• Accessibility - Hearing - Apple
• Higher-order volition - WikipediaHigher-order volitions (or higher-order desire), as opposed to action-determining volitions, are volitions about volitions.
• Meta-emotion - WikipediaMeta-emotion is "an organized and structured set of emotions and cognitions about the emotions, both one's own emotions and the emotions of others".
• Stur Drinks
• Mr. Show The New Ku Klux Klan - YouTube
• dead kennedys - nazi punks fuck off (in studio) - YouTube
• Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia - YouTube
• AmazonSmile : Kassa Large Whiteboard Wall Sticker Roll - 17.3" x 96” (8 Feet) - 3 Dry Erase Board Markers Included - Adhesive White Board Wallpaper for Fridge, Office & Kids Room - Peel and Stick Paper Decal : Office Products
• The Technium: Always-On Spatial Audio
• This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Trauma — The Ezra Klein Show — Overcast