This excellent memo from NYC’s Notation Capital provides some worthy thoughts about how to capture value from blockchain. The memo was originally written for internal use of their limited partners. | learn more
A study published in Nature Energy quantifies the climate and air quality benefits of wind and solar energy. It’s important to be skeptical of these calculations, but also worth reading the argument. | learn more
The WSJ explores the poor and less-literate users that will make up the next consumers of the internet. The safe prediction is that they’ll be using video and voice to interact with devices, rather than reading and typing. Note: the WSJ […]
“The idea behind this project and the collaboration between these different companies is to figure out where exactly blockchains can benefit the food ecosystem.” The plan is still light on details, but this will be something to watch. | learn more
This is one of the food technologies that I’m really excited about over the long term (decades from now). If lab-grown meat can economically replace the livestock industry, it’ll be a game changer. | learn more
This Bloomberg article was written by Elon Musk’s biographer Ashlee Vance, so you can expect it to be good. Stripe is a $9 Billion payments startup, and its founders are still in their 20s. | learn more
Ready for a deep dive into Musk’s investments and how he goes about them? This is great stuff. | learn more
The more complex robots get, the more ways they can be unpredictably damaged. Animals have a built-in adaption system (i.e. if you can’t walk on one leg, you might figure out how to hop on the other or use crutches). […]
Engineers from the University of California San Diego have manufactured a flexible biofuel cell that can conform to the human body’s shapes. This is an interesting tech breakthrough that may end up powering wearable devices someday.| learn more
Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize winning physicist. One of his claims to fame was his ability to teach very difficult subject matter. “The Feynman technique for teaching and communication is a mental model (a breakdown of his personal thought […]