“Do you sometimes wish you had a user’s manual for each of your colleagues, so you knew how best to communicate with them, what to say, what not to say, when to fight for an idea, when to back down?” […]
Do you ever read something that points out an obvious intuitive mistake you make repeatedly? Well, here we are… Causal Nets are an interesting explanation of why we see so much correlation in this world. | learn more
Why are there no direct-to-consumer blockbuster films yet? “Long before the modern DTC era, movie studios did control the product from production to the theater house. This changed in 1948.” The Supreme Court decision that led studios to divest their […]
Patrick McKenzie, the author of How Discount Brokerages Make Money, has 100 insightful thoughts on financial services. “Geeks underestimate technical sophistication of the financial industry by a scandalous amount, largely because most of it happens below the waterline and not in […]
Crain’s published their list for 2019 which is a fun distraction. Their paywall has been quite effective these days, so it might be hard to view without a subscription. | learn more
WBEZ answers questions about the city’s winter tradition of saving street parking spots with folding chairs (and other fun artifacts). | learn more
“An extremely expensive project with little or no output is called a white elephant project.” Why? | learn more
I read somewhere that AOL Time Warner had the largest ever corporate loss of $100 Billion in a year in 2002. This is a complete list of largest profits and losses both annual and quarterly. In 2008, one company lost […]
From Ryan Selkis (TBI), the publisher of the original list from 2017. If you’ve lost touch and want to catch up on crypto efficiently, this will do the trick. “Consider this Messari’s research foundation for the next decade. 120 people, […]
This is an incredible essay by Paul Graham. “It seems to be a constant throughout history: In every period, people believed things that were just ridiculous, and believed them so strongly that you would have gotten in terrible trouble for […]