on the blockchain

Fixing the internet.

“zkTLS isn’t just cool tech, it’s the best path towards fixing the internet today. It fundamentally changes the laws of physics of the internet.” This is just a tweet, but you can follow the rabbit down the hole. I suspect […]

thoughts of food

H-Mart stays winning.

“Kwon’s go-to market strategy was straightforward: sell Asian goods (rice cookers, aluminum-lined ramen pots, meats, seafood, vegetables) in neighbourhoods that didn’t sell them. In the first 15 years, H-Mart followed that formula to open five stores across New York and […]

better doing

Sometimes papers contain obvious lies.

“The authors of scientific papers often say one thing and find another; they concoct a story around a set of findings that they might not have even made, or which they might have actually even contradicted. This happens surprisingly often, […]

better doing

Wheel of emotions.

Since we can’t escape our emotions it may help us to label them better. “Created by American psychologist Robert Plutchik in 1980, Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions is a graphic depiction to describe how emotions are related. Through years of studying […]

thoughts of food

On the origin of the pork taboo.

I had an oversimplified explanation in mind before I read this. Now I know that I know nothing. “Exploring ancient people’s shifting beliefs about rearing and eating pigs…” ~ learn more