Nielsen asks: what if explaining physics had the budget of a film studio? We're still in year zero of what digital explanation can be.
An assortment of cool things I found on the internet.
How to actually do great work. Quietly one of the best things written on the subject.
A map of what's unsolved. Where the frontier is thin and the upside is large.
Speed good.
An Open Science Approach to Experimental Psychology Methods. A free, living textbook on how to do research right.
Carlini puts it well: be good at what you do × important problem area = high impact.