Bez Tytułu - Issue #222

Kuba

Nov 23, 2025

In this week's issue:

When Adaptability Becomes Exhausting
The truth behind body fat
Where That Beat Actually Came From
Learn anything fast
4 phrases to people trust you
Most people are like 8 year olds
You can never be right

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📰Something to Read

When Adaptability Becomes Exhausting

Language: English | Reading Time: 3 minutes

We’re told to stay nimble. Embrace change. Pivot fast.

But here’s what they don’t mention: your brain treats every adjustment like a puzzle that needs solving. New job? Neural pathways rebuilt. Favorite coffee spot closed? Mental map updated. Each shift pulls from the same cognitive tank you use for decisions and focus.

One change? Fine. Three simultaneous? Five?
That’s when change fatigue kicks in, and your usual strategies stop working.

This piece breaks down why constant adaptation drains you and offers three practical moves when everything keeps shifting.
It starts with accepting that adaptation has a cost.

🎬From Youtube

Language: English | Duration: 34 minutes

Think you know what 10% body fat looks like? You probably don’t.

The internet has been lying. Those body fat charts? Made up.
Based on calipers, eyeballing, whatever looked good in the lighting.

This video uses DEXA scans(the actual gold standard) to show what every percentage from 50% down to 5% really looks like.

Turns out the “ideal” body fat percentage everyone’s chasing might be harder to sustain than the internet suggests. You’ll hear what it actually feels like to live at each level.
The good, the uncomfortable, and the genuinely wild side effects nobody mentions.

Plus an unexpected twist involving two subjects from the video the week after filming.

🌐WWW Gems

Where That Beat Actually Came From

Ever wondered where that drum break in your favorite track originated? This database maps the DNA of modern music. Over 1.2 million songs, tracing samples, covers, and remixes back through decades.

Search any artist and you’ll see the web of connections. That Daft Punk hook? 1979 disco loop. That Kanye beat? 1970s prog rock. The site shows you exactly which part was borrowed, when, and how many times it’s been reused.

Fair warning: this is a rabbit hole. You start looking up one sample and emerge 45 minutes later having traced a single drum loop through three decades and twelve genres.