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title: Week 35, 2026
created: 2026-08-30
modified: 2026-09-03
issue: 139
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# Wisdom I Pondered This Week

* Sometimes our best decisions are the ones that don’t make sense at all.
* “Peace begins in the space of one breath.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh
* “The garden teaches patience.” — Alfred Austin
* [“I don’t have extra money to actually make my mind go haywire. I am a human being and I stay as a human being. Money stays away. I’m not working with money; money is in the bank. I want to live a simple life.” — Eliud Kipchoge](https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/52354320)
* “Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.” — T.S. Eliot

# Things I Learned This Week

* 尼特族 [NEET](https://www.google.com/search?q=NEET)（Not in Education, Employment, or Training）泛指 15–34 歲未就學、未就業、未培訓的年輕人。與中國「躺平族」、日本「繭居族」概念交疊。
* The [N-back task](https://www.google.com/search?q=N-back+task) is a popular cognitive test and brain-training exercise used to measure and improve working memory. During the test, you are shown a continuous sequence of items (e.g., letters, numbers, or shapes). Your goal is to identify if the current item matches the one that appeared N steps back in the sequence.
* [人渣盒](https://www.google.com/search?q=人渣盒) = 爬蟲飼養盒/飼育箱
* 「微縮片」（[Microfilm](https://www.google.com/search?q=Microfilm)）是一種將紙本文件以高度縮小的攝影方式保存於底片上的技術。在數位化普及之前，它是圖書館、政府機關、報社最重要的長期保存媒介之一。
* [Retirement House](https://www.google.com/search?q=Retirement+House) = 老人院 = 養老院