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# five friday finds: sick day, ride hustle, short sight
- URL: https://flyways.snowbird.global/five-friday-finds-sick-day-ride-hustle/
- Published: 2023-08-25T07:45:59.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-05T05:52:30.000Z
- Author: Gautam Ramdurai
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1730785798323, #Import 2024-11-05 13:50

Hi folks,

Was out sick for a few days this week, but in the brief intervals where I was lucid these finds help me get through the day:

1. [**CALL IN SICK DAY**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-23/sickest-day-of-the-year-us-workers-are-down-and-out-on-aug-24?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) Wait...it wasn't just me...apparently more people call in sick on August 24 than any other day.
2. [**NEXT SLIDE PLEASE**](https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/11/1077232/corporate-presentations-history?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) A brief history of the corporate presentation.
3. [**VIDEOS > RIDES**](https://restofworld.org/2023/taxi-drivers-influencers-southeast-asia/?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) Taxi drivers in Southeast Asia are earning more from viral TikToks than from rides.
4. [**SHORT SIGHT**](https://www.wired.com/story/taiwan-epicenter-of-world-myopia-epidemic/?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) So many people are nearsighted in Taiwan that they have already glimpsed what could be coming for the rest of us.
5. [**DON'T VENT** ](https://slate.com/technology/2022/03/venting-makes-you-feel-worse-psychology-research.html?ref=flyways.snowbird.global)As one researcher put it, “Venting anger is like using gasoline to put out a fire.”

The weekend is filled with multiple families hanging out, which should help me recover from the sickness-induced social FOMO.

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