fun facts
Insights from reading 1,182 ER bills.
“A $5,571 bill to sit in a waiting room, $238 eyedrops, and a $60 ibuprofen tell the story of how emergency room visits are squeezing patients.” | learn more
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fun facts
The year’s weirdest and wackiest inventions.
If anyone gets the swimming pool trailer and wants to invite me over, I will bring Kind bars and wine. | learn more
fun facts
Bernie Madoff’s victims are close to getting their $19 billion back.
This is a total shock to me – the victims have recovered 70% of their original principal. Everyone who had invested under $1.4mm (~1,400 people) has been repaid in full. Serious round of applause is owed to the trustee Irving […]
thoughts of food
Costco is opening a $440 million chicken farm to escape America’s chicken monopoly.
This is an interesting look into the poultry industry (video). | learn more
thoughts of food
Aleph Farms serves up world’s first lab-grown steak.
Five years ago, the first burger patty made from lab grown meat was unveiled. Now, steaks! | learn more
under the microscope
MIT’s cyborg plant can drive itself into the light.
“Researchers at MIT have now created ‘cyborg plants’ that can control a robot base to drive themselves where they want to go.” | learn more
under the microscope
New CRISPR technique could prevent obesity without cutting or editing a genome.
“An exciting new study has demonstrated how a new kind of CRISPR technique can increase the expression of certain genes, instead of the more traditional approach of cutting or editing DNA. The method was tested in mice, targeting genes associated […]
better doing
Engineering serendipity for a better future than you planned.
TEDx talk by P.S. subscriber Tony Wilkins. “We spend too little time creatively thinking about controlling what we can control and too much time worrying about what we cannot.” | learn more
better doing
Know the customers’ “jobs to be done.”
I love this framework by Clayton Christensen. He asks the question, “Why did you hire that milk shake?” | learn more
on the blockchain
Charitable giving makeover courtesy of bonding curves.
Blockchain developer David Truong outlines a model for “charities to create viral donation mechanisms with inherent network effects, that maximise both the amount donated and the number of people donating.” | Learn more