This is a bit of a dense writing flush with scientific names and terms, but its short. There’s growing evidence that a gut microbe has a causal role in major depressive disorder. ~ learn more
“The business school version of why DoorDash won is that they had the right strategy. They launched in the right markets, acquired the right restaurants, and designed the marketplace the right way. The Silicon Valley hustle culture version is that […]
“Then a lot of you asked “what actually counts as a ‘hospital’”? And after a brief ayahuasca trip, we started asking ourselves the same question (just me, Ben’s clean). So today we want to actually explain organizationally what hospitals actually […]
The NYT’s take on longevity-focused medical providers is … critical. Here’s an excerpt I dislike: “But experts worry that these clinics are capitalizing on people’s fears of aging and death without offering many tangible benefits — because almost none of […]
So says ZDNet Senior Contributing Editor Ed Bott. “At the start of the New Year, with no warning, Microsoft gives its flagship productivity app a name change and a huge price increase. Why would the company make this mess? I […]
Jeffrey Emanuel argues that Nvidia’s moats are all under attack in this lengthy post. ~ learn more or read a good summary
“R1 just came out a few days ago out of nowhere, and then there’s o1 and o3, but no o2. Gosh! It’s hard to know what’s going on. This post aims to be a guide for recent AI develoments. It’s […]
These self-driving cars have taken over my part of Austin and it’s surreal. In this post Harry Campbell, aka “The Rideshare Guy” since 2014, unpacks the company’s strategic options for scaling the service outside of its current few markets. ~ […]
“Instead, under an “unwritten arrangement” between the Board of Ethics and the Mayor’s Office that has been in place since 1989, the mayor can completely disregard the law. Under this arrangement, the mayor’s office simply makes a publicly available log […]
“As of January 1, all buildings owned and operated by the city are officially powered by 100% renewable energy, including O’Hare International Airport, Harold Washington Library, 98 fire stations, and two of the world’s largest water treatment facilities.” About a […]