to your health
Australia to prescribe MDMA and psilocybin for PTSD and depression.
This article says it’ll be the world’s first country to allow it. ~ learn more
better doing
NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo on failure.
“You work towards a goal — it’s not a failure. It’s steps to success.”~ learn more
tech, startups, internet
Benedict Evans on Apple’s Vision Pro.
“So the Vision is a device pulled forward from years into the future, at a price that reflects that. It’s as though Apple had decided to sell the 2007 iPhone in 2002 – what would the price have been?” ~ earn more
tech, startups, internet
Race of the robotaxis.
“In a recent video, The Kilowatts partnered with Whole Mars Blog (Omar Qazi) and Arash Malek to see what happens when Tesla’s FSD Beta, Waymo, and Cruise all compete to see who can get around San Francisco faster and with […]
fun facts
How data helped Mexico City reduce high-impact crime by more than 50%.
The World Economic Forum points to the city’s open data initiative as a key to success. “With better access to data, municipal agencies can access fine-grained information to create targeted policies, and app developers use the data to map not […]
fun facts
Make Scotland wild again.
“After 15 years of rewilding at Dundreggan – and a reduction in deer numbers from about 16 a sq km to five (the ideal number for natural woodland regeneration is two to five in each sq km but in some […]
fun facts
The US murder rate is suddenly falling.
This great news brought to you by a journalist who “collected and compiled big-city crime data as a way to assemble a more real-time picture of national murder trends.” His research points to lower murder rates across the country. ~ learn more
on the blockchain
The state of Bitcoin mining.
A very well-rounded update from the (bullish and biased) heavy hitters of Bitcoin mining. “I hosted a conference on bitcoin mining yesterday. Speakers included CEOs and leaders of the most successful mining companies in the industry. … Below you will […]
big ideas
For sale: a promise to remove invisible gas.
Jamie Wong, a “Software engineer learning about climate tech”, wrote this primer on Carbon Dioxide Removal and the industry forming around it. He discusses the various startups working on pulling carbon out of the air and storing it somewhere permanent, […]
thoughts of food
MrBeast Burgers to become a zombie.
The biggest YouTuber in the world launched a virtual burger brand during the pandemic selling Beast Burgers from 2,000 ghost kitchen locations. Now he’s “moving on” from the brand. He would prefer to turn it off altogether, “But the company […]