under the microscope

Brain aging study of nutrients in 100 people.

“When examining the cognitive data, the team found two types of brain aging: slower-than-accepted and accelerated. When they combined the cognitive data with the nutritional measurements, they found a certain nutritional profile clearly linked to those with slower brain aging.” […]

to your health

Dexcom’s plans for over-the-counter CGMs.

“Dexcom plans to first sell Stelo on a website through individual purchases or a cash-pay subscription model. Sayer said the company started with this avenue instead of a pharmacy to provide more control at launch and allow Dexcom to better […]

better doing

Do you really care?

A message for parents. “It seems like it’s really important to you. That the door not be slammed. That the chores be done a certain way. That everything be put away immediately. That feet go on the ground, not the […]

better doing

Growth hacking doesn’t work as advertised.

Andrew Chen wrote a post called “Growth Hacker is the VP of Marketing” a decade ago, predicting a sea change in the skills for and approach to successful marketing. For a while, he seemed to be right. “I originally had […]

better doing

Let them compete.

“Around 2005, Jobs faced a crucial decision. Should he give the task of developing the device’s software to the team that built the iPod, which wanted to build a Linux-based system? Or should he entrust the project to the engineers […]

tech, startups, internet

A grand unified theory of the AI hype cycle.

“Each of these cycles has been larger and lasted longer than the last, and I want to be clear: each cycle has produced genuinely useful technology. … There is an initial burst of rapid improvement, followed by gradual improvement, followed […]

fun facts

Shipbreaking photographs.

“I looked upon the shipbreaking as the ultimate in recycling, in this case of the largest vessels ever made. It turned out that most of the dismantling was happening in India and Bangladesh so that’s where I went.” ~ learn […]