Ilya Shabanov Profile picture
Tweets on how to use novel tools, note-taking and AI to accelerate your academic work & productivity. 🇳🇿 @VicUniWgtn, Ecology 👇 Blog & Courses in link below

Jan 1, 2023, 5 tweets

The most undervalued skill in academia?

Creativity.

As a young boy, I read in a magazine: Original ideas come from diverse impressions.

→ Four things that taught me something new & diverse:

• a website
• a book
• a newsletter
• a podcast

What are yours #ScienceTwitter?

Website: @aeonmag

Ad free essays on every conceivable topic.

At 2000 - 6000 words each article is a commitment.
But it leaves you transformed.

Aeon is what the internet should have been all about - consider donating, if you can afford.

@aeonmag Book: Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker

Science Fiction from 1937.

A man wakes up floating in space.
Witnesses billions of years of the universe evolving.
So who is the "Star Maker"?

Sci-Fi that ends up very spiritual & philosophic. I devoured this book.

@aeonmag Newsletter: Climate Foresight by @ColinRebel

It talks about environment in a succinct, optimistic and surprising way.

The introduction takes 20 seconds to read & makes me excited every time.

Ecology in the 21st century will be, what theoretical physics was in the 20th.

@aeonmag @ColinRebel Podcast: @Big_Biology

Always deep, insightful, relevant and humorous talks on biology.

One of my favourite episodes explain why whales are so big.

Marty Martin & Art Woods do a terrific job at directing. Not once did I think "Oh thats a dumb question".

Highly recommended

Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.

A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.

Keep scrolling