Links #4: 2026/06 Part 2

LessWrong's latest links roundup surveys a diverse collection of internet findings this month. The mix includes a video of someone negotiating their salary with their boss, research showing that people in lower-income regions edit their selfies more dramatically to emphasize youthful features, and an essay questioning whether someone's previous job only existed because of corporate fraud. Other highlights cover whether background music helps or hurts focus, deep dives into the semantics of apologies, insights from someone who volunteered in a US political campaign, and a reassessment of vitamin D's actual health effects. According to the curator, this represents roughly one in twenty items from their sources—a filtered sample of the rationalist community's current thinking.

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