Can you guess how many times you would need to fold a paper in half before it’s thick enough to reach the moon? Remember from last week: humans are bad at non-linear thinking. | learn more
“Taking time to be totally, gloriously, proudly unproductive will ultimately make you better at your job…” | learn more
The bad news is you’re not always rational. The good news is Business Insider made a nice chart of 20 cognitive biases that you can keep by your desk to remind you. | learn more
Brad Stone (author of The Everything Store) details the battleground that these two giants are going to fight over. Wal-Mart has made major investments, but what happens next? | learn more
“Flexe finds spare warehouse space for e-commerce merchants, including mattress seller Casper, and is set to offer overnight delivery all over the U.S.” | learn more
Quartz does a beautiful job overviewing our human struggle with happiness and a lot of the research that’s shaping our understanding of it. | learn more
Humans are great at linear thinking, and we’re generally bad at nonlinear thinking. Unfortunately, many things in life are nonlinear. This excellent HBR article lays out the problem and tactics to address it with. | learn more
Neuroscientist Rebecca Brachman has stumbled upon a paravaccine (vaccine-like prophylactic drugs) that seems to inoculate mice against the effects of stress. It may be effective against depression and PTSD. | learn more
A look behind the scenes at automation company Zapier, with a focus on what they did to avoid an addiction to VC dollars. | learn more
Greylock VC partner Jerry Chen writes about legacy business moats such as economies of scale and network effects, then lays out why he thinks AI will defend the next generation of businesses. | learn more