fun facts
What would your street look like if it were Dutch?
Enter your address and it’ll spit out a version of your street fit for a cycling lifestyle. Don’t expect perfection, though. It’s just AI! ~ learn more
profiles of people
Bridgewater had believability issues.
One of the funniest finance columnists of our age, Matt Levine, explains Bridgewater through the lens of Rob Copeland’s new book The Fund. “Copeland’s thesis is essentially that the “radical transparency” stuff is fake and Bridgewater is a pure cult of […]
profiles of people
Peter Thiel is taking a break from democracy.
This reporter from The Atlantic had rare access to Thiel. Why? “He wanted me to publish a promise he was going to make, so that he would not be tempted to go back on his word. And what was that […]
on the blockchain
dNFTs are non-fungible and dynamic.
Remember that there are a ton of developers still pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with blockchain technology. “Imagine if every Tesla was tokenized as a dNFT with real-time metadata updates showing its service record, mileage, accident history, market value, […]
big ideas
Tech is going to get much bigger.
Packy McCormack argues that we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. “What happens when energy, intelligence, and labor get cheap?” ~ learn more
under the microscope
A critical first step to regenerating teeth.
“As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Developmental Cell, the researchers created organoids, which are three-dimensional scaffolds of stem cells that mimic the functions of organs, to secrete proteins that eventually turn into dental enamel, the hard […]
under the microscope
For the first time, the Y chromosome has been fully sequenced.
“Large portions of the Y chromosome have long been inaccessible to scientists, namely on account of what’s known as satellite DNA, stretches of short sequences of nucleotides repeated over and over again. On top of that, the chromosome also contains […]
under the microscope
Inflammation drives social media use.
“It seems that inflammation not only increases social media use, but our results show preliminary evidence that it’s also associated with using social media to specifically interact with other users, like direct messaging and posting to people’s pages. Interestingly, inflammation […]
to your health
Amazon’s new lower priced health care offering.
“The current list price for a One Medical membership is $199, which gets a person access to unlimited 24/7 virtual visits. The new Prime benefit is around half off with One Medical memberships for $99 a year or $9 a […]
better doing
The trust battery.
Shopify founder Tobi Lütke offers this analogy for interpersonal relationships (and more) in his interview with Shane Parish. “If people meet each other, especially in a curated context like a company, like both of us start working here, and we […]