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“Habits are processes operating in the background that powers our lives. Good habits help us reach our goals. Bad ones hinder us. Either way habits powerfully influence our automatic behavior.” | learn more
We’re in the midst of a shift in how people eat. Meal kit companies have made a huge impact already. Another direction is weekly deliveries of prepared, healthy meals. This investment by a big food stalwart helps validate and draw attention to the space. I’ll take this moment…
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“After years of criticism and marginalization, LeCun finally has it all: 80 researchers, the backing of Facebook’s vast financial resources, and mainstream faith in his work. All he has to do now is deliver.” | learn more
“Some years, said [CEO] Marcelo, graft expenses neared 2 billion reais ($611 million).” |learn more
This new study brings a whole new meaning to the oft-repeated phrase power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Feeling powerful impairs the neural process of mirroring. Over time, it may cause functional changes to the brain. | learn more
Chicago-based investor Victor Gutwein (M25 Group) sets out to explain why he thinks the later-stage VC model doesn’t fit for smaller, earlier investors. This is the first of a multi-part series that’s worth following. | learn more
“His dealership went from getting one qualified lead per day to 40… By the third month, the dealership’s leads had increased 2930%, … leaving Jacobi scrambling to set up a new call center with six new employees to handle all the new business.” | learn more
Venture investor Bryce Roberts takes an opportunity to clarify differences between lifestyle businesses, venture businesses, and what he calls real businesses. I think the distinctions get confused a lot nowadays, so it’s nice to see someone spell them out. |learn more
Humans don’t have a monopoly on location-based differences in how we communicate. Researchers have found regional dialects among whales, monkeys, dogs, and cows. | learn more
If you’re acquainted with finance or investing, you’ve probably heard of Benjamin Graham’s concept of value investing. It’s also made famous by its very successful application by Warren Buffet. The content of the book can be a little dry in some sections where it gets into the metrics…
There’s an important distinction to be drawn here. Think about how much of what we learn every day won’t matter in a year. This is expiring knowledge. Then, consider the fundamental truths that we learn that will always matter. This is long-term knowledge. | learn more
Some years back, I heard a story about the McDonald’s in Williston, ND (home of the somewhat recent oil boom). The manager would drop by the oil workers’ camp in the AM to pick up dinner orders, then drop them off on her way home from work at…
“In 2011, Silicon Valley’s finest minds launched The Melt, a restaurant chain meant to reinvent the humble sandwich. Here’s the untold story of why that hasn’t gone according to plan.” | learn more
Stroll through downtown Chicago, and you’ll eventually find the Metropolitan Correction Center. From its tiny windows, prisoners can see a parking garage rooftop across the street. On top of this garage is a sort of pop-up strip club where loved ones of inmates have been putting on shows…
Though mostly lost to history, the public education system has often been influenced by one of its biggest sponsors - the industrialists. Today, the new industrialists (namely Silicon Valley billionaires) continue to spend money trying to alter the way children learn. Opinions and results are mixed. |learn more
“The takeaway: when you are on an exponential curve the trajectory looking forward is the same at any point on the curve.” | learn more
“When we attempt to multitask, we don’t actually do more than one activity at once, but quickly switch between them. And this switching is exhausting. It uses up oxygenated glucose in the brain, running down the same fuel that’s needed to focus on a task.” | learn more
“‘We used to think that there was a cradle of mankind 200,000 years ago in east Africa, but our new data reveal that Homo sapiens spread across the entire African continent around 300,000 years ago,’ palaeoanthropologist Jean-Jacques Hublin of Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology said in…
13 examples of smart people getting it wrong on new tech. | link (hat tip to Scott O)
Benedict Evans explains why many of the dismissals of technology (i.e. “that’s a toy!”) aren’t wrong, but are also not helpful. | learn more
A climb without any rope or safety gear is called a free solo. Alex Honnold has become the first person to do this on Yosemite’s El Capitan wall. It’s being called the most dangerous rope-free climb ever. There’s a video. | learn more
I make it a point to stay away from politics here - I’m sure you get plenty of that elsewhere. But, I couldn’t resist this comical news that the U.S. government has finally been ordered to stop work on dealing with the Y2K bug. | learn more
A bit dated, but Tim Ferris published complete instructions for David Blaine’s method of holding your breath. I haven’t tried it yet, but it’s on my to-do list. | learn more