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better doing
· Apr 2025
This is where the coaching session link above came from. “Tacit knowledge is knowledge that can’t properly be transmitted via verbal or written instruction, like the ability to create great art or assess a startup. This tacit knowledge is a form of intellectual dark matter, pervading society in a million ways, some of them trivial, some of them vital. Examples include woodworking, metalworking, housekeeping, cooking, dancing, amateur public speaking, assembly…
better doing
· Apr 2025
“To be patient in the face of endless waiting, resilient in the face of frustration, and to hold ourselves to the highest standard, even when no one else seems to.” ~ learn more
better doing
· Apr 2025
This was very cool. Misha works as a coach specializing in helping people have better conversations. Listening to this real session was uniquely great and I hope he publishes more of them!“In this recording, you will hear real-life coaching sessions between Misha and Tanya. Tanya then goes away, has the difficult conversation with Jack, and comes back to discuss how Misha’s coaching and recommendations helped shape the end result.” ~…
fun facts
· Apr 2025
“Charley Douglass was the first guy who could make anyone laugh at the push of a button. The sound engineer invented the laff box and the laugh-track technique, which was quickly adopted by television in the 1960s and named "sweetening." ~ learn more
fun facts
· Apr 2025
This is kind of an insane story of a museum heist in the UK by an American kid with a obsession for creating fly fishing lures. “He was only 20 when he stole the birds, 299 of them. And not just any dead birds, they were from one of the most important collections in scientific history. And also, their feathers would fetch about a million dollars if he took them…
fun facts
· Apr 2025
“As of the beginning of World War II, American torpedoes utilized 180-proof ethyl alcohol as fuel for the miniature steam engines that drove them toward their targets. Lacking consistent access to liquor, opportunistic sailors occasionally drained the torpedoes of their alcohol and mixed it with something to cut the strength.” Click thru for tons of fun history about creative boozing. ~ learn more
profiles of people
· Jan 2025
I did not fact check anything about this story of Lord Timothy Dexter. I sure hope it’s all true. Married into money, his first move was to try and prove how cool he is to the Boston elites by buying the most worthless Continental dollars to support the war effort. Turns out that buying all these at a discount proved fortuitous when Alexander Hamilton later redeemed them for Treasury bonds.…
profiles of people
· Jan 2025
Brian Potter took the time to translate (with tech) Chang’s Chinese-language autobiography then write up this great 30 minute summary. “TSMC has a fascinating origin story: it was founded in 1985 by Morris Chang, who, after working in the US for Texas Instruments for more than 20 years, was enticed to go to Taiwan and help develop their high-tech industries as head of Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).” ~…
on the blockchain
· Jan 2025
An analyst’ critical take on “Allianz’s foolish bitcoin bond buying.” It’s an interesting analysis, even though I think the underlying premise of “Bitcoin is going to ~zero” isn’t one I align with. “Last month, [MicroStrategy] raised $3B of debt to buy more Bitcoin, and it is rumored one of the buyers of the bonds was… Allianz!!!” ~ learn more
big ideas
· Jan 2025
“In the premiere episode of The Telepathy Tapes, host Ky Dickens embarks on a mind-bending journey into the mysterious world of telepathy in non-speaking individuals with autism. Through personal stories and expert interviews, Dickens uncovers a phenomenon she never thought possible—a hidden form of communication that defies mainstream science.” I mean, this is basically a radio show so as far as I know it’s like War of the Worlds and…