Holy cow! These researchers managed to send information from one brain directly to another without the usual step of drilling into skulls. Seems like a big deal to me. | learn more
“When 50,000 of Mark Rober’s 3 million YouTube subscribers participated in a basic coding challenge, the data all pointed to what Rober has dubbed the Super Mario Effect. The YouTube star and former NASA engineer describes how this data-backed mindset […]
I really like Naval Ravikant, and I like Taleb’s ideas (maybe not his personality 😀). The talk is a nice digest of Taleb’s writing, interspersed with Naval chiming in. |learn more
“The idea is to use AR to place virtual furniture in your real home to figure out if it will fit before you buy it or move all your furniture around. Visualizing the combination of the digital and physical world […]
From Chainalysis: “New data shows that bitcoin’s largest holders are a diverse group that may be stabilizing, rather than destabilizing, the market.” | learn more
Reza Jafery explains key terminology and benefits of the security token model. He even throws in a couple use cases for good measure. I think this theme is worth paying attention to. | learn more
“Whatever we propose is going to be controversial. But it’s important we do something, because everyone is unsatisfied by URLs. They kind of suck.” | learn more
Steve Blank, one of the founders of the Lean Startup movement, opines on the current state of innovation funding. He explains when lean startup methodology applies, and when it might be a good bet to throw piles of money at […]
Thomas Day’s op-ed in Crain’s offerings the sober view of the oft-quoted narrative (based on a Pitchbook stat) that Chicago is the best city for tech investment. This is a healthy dose of reality. | learn more
“Research published … in the journal Nature found that male mountain gorillas who spent the most time affectionately tending to infants, even if those children were not their own, went on to sire 5.5 times as many offspring on average […]