1/10: I have a few big passions: Photography, Art, Music, Travel and Wine. These 5 interests pretty much sum up what I am about, where I make my money, and where I spend my spare time and wages

It has been 25 days since we left the EU. Here's a summary of how it is going for me:

2/10: Photography: Nikon have completely halted shipments of stock to the UK. This includes orders already paid for and also spare parts, meaning existing cameras cannot be fixed by authorised repairers either. Thankfully I shoot Canon mostly
3/10: Canon have announced Brexit complications have slowed shipments and that prices will have to be increased to the consumer to cover the bureaucratic paperwork. Sony and Fujifilm will likely follow suit soon
4/10: Art: As I look to open Lux Gallery this spring, I had earmarked some fantastic European artists to represent. I had already made contact with and agreed terms in principle with. New red tape means I will now be restricted to representing British artists only.
5/10: Music: Some of my favourite music I listen to comes from the continent. Musicians have been worthy beneficiaries from the Visa-free movement act, allowing EU and British musicians to tour easily across the music scene. Of course this benefitted British musicians even more
6/10: New (unnecessary) restrictions imposed a fortnight ago by our government have imposed red tape and costs that many professional musicians simply cannot afford. Neither do they have the time to get to grips with what is now a highly complexed new border system.
7/10: British musicians will be trapped in a web of red tape. Meanwhile French, German, Spanish musicians will continue to tour the continent as usual post-Covid
8/10: Travel: We all know this one.
Freedom of movement? No.
Added costs? Yes.
Exchange rate? Down 15% since referendum.
Red tape? Yes please!
Fast track passport control: Nope. Get in line!
Blue passports though? All worth it then
9/10:Wine: Importers and suppliers have admitted in the last week that prices will certainly increase, with an average bottle of wine being subject to a price hike of around £1.50.
10/10: Now, where did we put that unicorn?

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THREAD: 12 Things Everyone Should Know About IQ

1. IQ is one of the most heritable psychological traits – that is, individual differences in IQ are strongly associated with individual differences in genes (at least in fairly typical modern environments). https://t.co/3XxzW9bxLE


2. The heritability of IQ *increases* from childhood to adulthood. Meanwhile, the effect of the shared environment largely fades away. In other words, when it comes to IQ, nature becomes more important as we get older, nurture less.
https://t.co/UqtS1lpw3n


3. IQ scores have been increasing for the last century or so, a phenomenon known as the Flynn effect. https://t.co/sCZvCst3hw (N ≈ 4 million)

(Note that the Flynn effect shows that IQ isn't 100% genetic; it doesn't show that it's 100% environmental.)


4. IQ predicts many important real world outcomes.

For example, though far from perfect, IQ is the single-best predictor of job performance we have – much better than Emotional Intelligence, the Big Five, Grit, etc. https://t.co/rKUgKDAAVx https://t.co/DWbVI8QSU3


5. Higher IQ is associated with a lower risk of death from most causes, including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, most forms of cancer, homicide, suicide, and accident. https://t.co/PJjGNyeQRA (N = 728,160)
“We don’t negotiate salaries” is a negotiation tactic.

Always. No, your company is not an exception.

A tactic I don’t appreciate at all because of how unfairly it penalizes low-leverage, junior employees, and those loyal enough not to question it, but that’s negotiation for you after all. Weaponized information asymmetry.

Listen to Aditya


And by the way, you should never be worried that an offer would be withdrawn if you politely negotiate.

I have seen this happen *extremely* rarely, mostly to women, and anyway is a giant red flag. It suggests you probably didn’t want to work there.

You wish there was no negotiating so it would all be more fair? I feel you, but it’s not happening.

Instead, negotiate hard, use your privilege, and then go and share numbers with your underrepresented and underpaid colleagues. […]

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