“Although he sometimes pretended to be a hard-core reductionist, AI visionary Marvin Minsky was actually a scientific romantic, for whom the quest for knowledge mattered more than the knowledge itself.” ~ learn more
“Wherever you come down, Dan Loeb is worthy of study. Over the past 26 years, he has turned $3.3 million in start-up capital into a hedge fund with more than $20 billion. He personally pioneered a new era of activist […]
A reporter for The Verge spends time with the SEO operators who have long worked at squeezing money out of the internet. “I came to understand that, since the dawn of the internet, there have been people attempting to manipulate […]
“His story even starts like a folk tale. Poor even by the standards of his native Cameroon, Francis lived with his grandmother in a one-room, brick-and-dirt house in the village of Batié. From the age of 10, he worked in […]
Do you ever wonder who’s taking on that hurricane risk for insured homeowners in Florida? “When thousands of homeowners in Florida and Louisiana purchased their hurricane insurance, they probably had no idea that John Seo stood to make a big […]
“Invenergy founder Michael Polsky created the largest U.S. private renewable energy developer from scratch and says politics should get out of energy.” ~ learn more
“A ruthless dissector of unwarranted assumptions takes on environmental catastrophists and techno-optimists.” ~ learn more
“More of a philosophy than a diet, the Glucose Goddess approach consists of “hacks” meant to minimize blood-sugar spikes. Proponents say that following its guidance can help people think more clearly, have more energy and reduce cravings. Crucially, the method […]
“Bryan was disgusting, I was told. “A freak.” A blood sucking, overly-estrogenized bug man. His quest to “live forever” was “demonic,” the seething Twitter trads have long declared. Too online. Dangerous. “Nobody should give this man a platform.” I couldn’t […]
Here’s a run-on sentence: “Tyler sat down with Patrick to discuss signature fields on the back of credit cards, whether bank tellers or waitstaff are more trustworthy, the gremlins behind spurious credit card declines, how debt collection and maple syrup […]