Interesting links of the week (12/18 – 12/25, 2017)

Here are some articles and blog posts I’ve run into over the last week that I found interesting.

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Technology

• I just asked 23,000 developers what they think of JavaScript. Here’s what I learned.

Non-Technology

• Why Do Smart People Do Foolish Things?
• Just because I need time to respond doesn’t mean I’m unintelligent
• The true cost of big staff meetings (and how to break your team’s addiction to them)
• We’ve been structuring brainstorm sessions all wrong
• Five signs you’re much smarter than average
• 5 choices you will regret forever
• 56 books you won’t be able to put down
• Seven Questions to End 2017 with Clarity and Start 2018 with Intention
• Seven Things Deeply Intuitive People Do Differently
• The 12 Best Productivity Books of 2017
• Science says fitness trackers don't work. Wear one anyway

Random

• 5 ways to fight “Nomophobia”—the fear of not having your phone
• Foo Fighters - Everlong/Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)/ Linus And Lucy (Live At SNL)
• Christina Aldan on 50 Shades of Blonde - December 18 2017 - Segment 3