“The point is markets are a better source of truth than both a group of pre-selected elites (old media) and profit seeking algorithms (new media) and will play a key role in bringing more truth to the world in the coming years.” ~ learn more
It’s nice to see an idea like this gaining traction in the market. “More than 450 Whole Foods Market stores are now offering "surprise bags" of surplus food on the Too Good To Go app.” ~ learn more
“Lean protein “emerged as the biggest winner” on supermarket shelves among shoppers who have taken popular new weight-loss drugs, according to a report using consumer surveys.” ~ learn more
“After 20 weeks, what we found for the first time in a randomized controlled trial is that an intensive lifestyle intervention, without drugs, significantly improved cognition and function in many patients who had mild cognitive impairment or early-stage AD.” … “Not every patient in our study got better, but our primary outcome was the same measures of cognition and function that are used in FDA drug trials.” ~ learn more
“In a new study from the lab of Prof. Cathryn Nagler in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, researchers found that treatment with a concoction of A. caccae and the prebiotic lactulose increased butyrate levels in the intestinal tracts of mice, stifling allergic responses to cow’s milk.” ~ learn more
“Within the lawsuit, Nike lawyers explicitly state that this case is not concerning the one-of-one customisations, but rather Ciambrone's 'attempts to build an entire multifaceted retail empire through their unauthorized use of Nike’s trademark rights and the associated goodwill that Nike spent decades accruing.’” ~ learn more
Senator Bernie Sanders published an “interim report” this Prime Day, based on Amazon warehouse injury data from the week of Prime Day 2019. The report claims the company experienced 45 injuries per 100 workers. That’s a shockingly high rate, right? I clicked through to the actual report to learn more about the types of injuries. That never made it into the report, possibly because it doesn’t bolster the senator’s argument.…
“If you look to scientific academies for answers about how much you should sleep, you are assuming you are the average person, in spite of all evidence to the contrary. People who say “everyone ought to get 8 hours of sleep” are assuming that everyone is the average person, in spite of the fact that that is obviously not true.” ~ learn more
“When you first become a parent, your whole life gets turned upside down. As you scramble to manage and handle all the things now on your plate, you sometimes say to yourself: When they’re a little older, this will calm down. As soon as we get through [insert phase], everything will go back to normal.” ~ learn more
“Recently a friend and I thew a little party, and wanted to layer on a format or gimmick that would get help people mix and mingle between groups more easily.” ~ learn more