better doing

An interview with Tony Robbins.

The podcast host Shaan Puri went to one of Robbins’ seminars years ago that impacted his career. His excitement shines through this great interview. “Tony has built a $7 billion dollar empire and helped people like Ray Dalio, Connor McGregor […]

better doing

There are no statistics in the Kingdom of God.

A point on the practical limitations of statistics and p values and such. “Hey dude, remember that statistics are just a tool for distinguishing signal from noise. If we really knew what was going on, we wouldn’t need statistics. It’s […]

tech, startups, internet

The agent economy and economic growth.

Rob May looks somewhat far into the future (I think?) and comes up with an interesting scenario to consider. “Once this happens, you can see an economy growing among agents. Agents that collect unique interactions and data sets will sell […]

tech, startups, internet

Rebuilding organizations for AI.

The premise is that major technology not only changes products, it also changes org charts. The post’s author Ethan Mollick draws analogy to the railroads of 1855. “I am not sure who said it first, but there are only two […]

oh, chicago

The mayor’s panic attacks.

“Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is “stressed out” and has been admitted to the hospital for panic attacks. That’s according to veteran Chicago journalists John Kass and Anita Padilla, who discussed Johnson’s panic attacks on an episode of WGN-AM’s Chicago Way […]

fun facts

Why is there so much fraud in academia?

“Some of the biggest names in behavioral science stand accused of faking their results. Last year, an astonishing 10,000 research papers were retracted. We talk to whistleblowers, reformers, and a co-author who got caught up in the chaos.” ~ learn more

fun facts

52 things I learned in 2023.

This list was so interesting that it sent me down many rabbit holes, including visiting the author’s prior lists. One example: “Pheasant Island, a 200-meter long island in the middle of the Bidasoa River between France and Spain, swaps sovereignty […]

profiles of people

Patrick McKenzie and Tyler Cowen in conversation.

Here’s a run-on sentence: “Tyler sat down with Patrick to discuss signature fields on the back of credit cards, whether bank tellers or waitstaff are more trustworthy, the gremlins behind spurious credit card declines, how debt collection and maple syrup […]