Avoid prisoner’s dilemmas. “The only satisfying solution to the prisoner’s dilemma is to avoid prisoner’s dilemmas.” A useful lens for work politics: lots of dysfunction comes from people acting rationally inside badly designed incentives. ~ learn more
Who is Michael Grimes? He’s a tech investment banker. “He played hours of FarmVille before the Facebook IPO and actually worked as a driver before taking Uber public.” John Coogan argues Grimes is a rare tech banker who goes obsessively […]
A large language model for complex cardiology care. “In our RCT, general cardiologists’ clinical assessments aided by AMIE were preferred overall, saved time in 50.5% of cases and had fewer clinically significant errors and fewer omissions of important content.” This […]
Hair remembers toxic history. “back when the regulations were absent, the lead levels were about 100 times higher than they are after the regulations.” University of Utah scientists analyzed hair samples going back to 1916 and watched lead levels collapse […]
The messy years matter. Chris Dixon says that the crypto consumer game is a ‘long game’, and patience will pay off. “The messy years are what make the obvious years possible.” Chris Dixon argues we are still in crypto’s financial […]
No one wants crypto games. Rival crypto investor Haseeb Qureshi disagrees with Chris Dixon’s take. “Non-financial use cases for crypto have failed because no one wants them. Let’s just admit it. They were bad products. They failed the market test.” […]
Crypto had superglue on the flywheel. Crypto founder Sam Ragsdale backs up argues against Qureshi and takes up Dixon’s case. He says that only now will consumer apps get a fair market test. “Three years ago it was 100% impossible […]
I went to all the bakeries in Zürich to find the best croissant. Sometimes the work of a food photographer seems very rewarding. “Every bakery has its own way, recipe and it’s own handwriting.” ~ learn more
How to boost physical performance in the moment. The study found that cursing can act as a simple tool to enhance performance by lowering internal restraints and encouraging action. It’s like the opposite of subconscious self-restraint after an injury. ~ […]
Ancient Prototaxites kicked out of fungus kingdom. In recent research, the ancient Prototaxites isn’t fitting into any known groups. “We therefore conclude that Prototaxites was not a fungus, and instead propose it is best assigned to a now entirely extinct […]