Intern, manager, retired, CEO: Meet Nike’s new boss.
“Elliott Hill started his career at Nike as an intern in 1988 and took on 19 different roles in the organization before retiring in 2020. Now, he's back as chief executive.” ~ learn more
“Elliott Hill started his career at Nike as an intern in 1988 and took on 19 different roles in the organization before retiring in 2020. Now, he's back as chief executive.” ~ learn more
“Emergency Pizza, which launched in October 2023 and ran until last February, powered a surge in orders and brought millions of new members to the Domino’s loyalty program, according to the company and franchisees. The deal was one of the biggest giveaways in Domino’s 63-year history and cost millions of dollars.” ~ learn more
“Roughly, every eight to ten years, life seems to cycle through like a brush fire to clean up the excesses of the past decade.” ~ learn more
Most of these 25 photos and videos are really really cool. ~ learn more
“You might be surprised to learn that Times New Roman began as a challenge, when esteemed type designer Stanley Morison criticized London’s newspaper The Times for being out-of-touch with modern typographical trends. So The Times asked him to create something better.” ~ learn more
“With a trio of bold shirts worn in recent appearances, he’s communicating that he came, he saw, he conquered and he will win again at any cost.” This is published in the Guardian who has an official position of disliking “billionaires” so you can guess their underlying message. Most importantly you can learn about Zuck’s new shirts! ~ learn more
“Octopuses have often been thought to prowl the seafloor solo using camouflage. But a new study suggests that some have surprisingly rich social lives.” ~ learn more
I enjoyed reading The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger in part because of the sheer novelty of the research and the argument. The book presents fresh insights into how plants communicate, adapt, and thrive in ways that often go unnoticed. Schlanger's exploration makes the hidden lives of plants feel incredibly dynamic and full of surprises. 1. In 1-2 sentences, what is the book about as a whole? The Light Eaters…
Peter Attia's book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity (Amazon link) came out right before I did a 3-day fast during summer 2023. One of my friends dropped out of the fast because they read in the book that Attia's no longer into them. My understanding of Attia was (and is) that he is a pretty extreme guy when it comes to his health habits and undertakings. He was…
This is long and provocative and starts with conflating elite cultural status and high IQ, which is a leap you may or may not agree with. “High-IQ immigrants will have major impacts on the places they end up not only because they have an ideology, but also because being a high-ability individual gives them the power to influence places so that they end up more in line with their ideology.…