“The result showed that the babies who had received their mother’s microbiota from their mother’s vaginal fluids showed more of that bacteria in their gut, suggesting that the method of seeding used by the researchers effectively reached and colonized the […]
I just finished a book about expectations and their potent effects (including the placebo effect) so this is timely reinforcement for me. With 347 study participants, “The study found that, at six weeks, participants who received opioids didn’t have better […]
“[Ross and Hugo Turner] monitored their bodies over a three month fitness challenge to understand if training twice as much offered twice the results.” ~ learn more
“Too often I see someone who is responsible for accomplishing an important goal doing the best they can in the face of immense odds. It may sound counterintuitive, but the mandate of such a job is not to “do the […]
Reading this hurt me a bit and sharing it hurts even more because I’ve struggled to make time to keep up my book takeaways the past couple years. For most books I only have rough notes written way-too-long after reading. This post […]
“In my opinion, the creator economy thesis fell apart because investors had a fundamental misunderstanding of what risks they were underwriting. They didn’t understand the media industry, they didn’t understand creators’ needs, and they totally missed that this was a […]
The last one blew up a few minutes into its flight. Maybe this one will too. For most people this probably gets batched in as a cool novelty with the rest of the incrementally cool rocket launches. But when they […]
The funds from 2016-2019 are returning cash at a much slower pace, on average, than the funds from pre-2016. It’s getting in the way of future fundraising for the venture investors. “The pressure to send money to LPs is driving […]
The link is to a NY Post article, which is both trashy and biased reporting with mischaracterized data, as well as an appropriate spotlight on a real problem in Austin. ~ learn more
“[UBS analysts] estimated that in 2023 anywhere from $250 million to $500 million in medical spending could be due to pickleball injuries.” I also read somewhere that it’s the biggest cause of injuries to millennials (unverified). ~ learn more