better doing
Ask vs guess culture.
“When unreasonable requests are followed up with “but you could have just said no!” Exploring the clashes of ask culture and guess culture, at home and at work.” ~ learn more
under the microscope
How gut bacteria connect to Parkinson’s disease.
“Growing evidence suggests a link between the debilitating neurological illness and the microbes that live in our intestines. The vagus nerve may be a pathway.” ~ learn more
better doing
Learn by copy.
Jason Cohen celebrates copying styles. The analogy extends to business. “In America we’re trained that all copying is bad; of course plagiarism is, but perhaps we’re throwing the baby out with the bathwater.” ~ learn more
tech, startups, internet
Say goodbye to Atlas, hello to New Atlas.
The incredible hydraulic dancing robot, the one that we’ve grown to love and fear, is retired. It’s makers posted a goodbye bloopers reel. Boston Dynamics would like to introduce us to the new all-electric Atlas by way of an kinda […]
tech, startups, internet
Benedict Evans is still looking for AI use-cases.
He has a great example of a research and charting task that he wanted to assign to AI, but couldn’t for reasons he explains. It voiced a lot of my personal frustrations with LLMs at the moment. “We’ve had ChatGPT […]
tech, startups, internet
Foxtrot’s gone.
The Chicago-based, VC-backed local grocery market and cafe that I have been a big fan of for several years suddenly closed the doors on all their stores this week. I lived very near to one in Wicker Park, and when […]
retail therapy
What’s the better business model for brands — DTC or retail?
“I looked at publicly available finances of (4) types of consumer branded companies to get an idea their business models and who is actually making money: CPG houses — P&G, Unilever, Nestle, L’Oreal; Softgoods houses — Luxxotica, VF Corp, LVMH; […]
fun facts
A houseplant genetically modified to glow in the dark.
“Discover the allure of the Firefly Petunia. A beautiful plant by day, it unveils mesmerizing luminescence after dusk.” ~ learn more
fun facts
There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically).
“So you’ve heard about how fish aren’t a monophyletic group? You’ve heard about carcinization, the process by which ocean arthropods convergently evolve into crabs? You say you get it now? Sit down. Sit down. Shut up. Listen. You don’t know […]