On January 1st, I woke up hangover-free and mostly recovered from a brief illness. I had a nagging thought. For several weeks since Charlie Munger died, I had a desire to find my copy of Poor Charlie’s Almanack. It had been packed away in a box some years…
This was published as a commentary in Nature. It’s titled “Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help.” My opinion is that there’s clearly no requirement to understand economics before submitting for publication. One of their ideas: “This requires cancelling unfair and unpayable debts of low- and middle-income…
According to the data in this article, there’s about 1 Mexican restaurant for every 666 Mexican-Americans in the US. Meanwhile, there’s 1 Thai restaurant for every 56 Thai-Americans. What explains this 10x difference in restaurant prevalence? The Thai Government. ~ learn more
“Stanford University recruited 22 sets of identical twins who had grown up together, and who reported similar present-day lifestyles, for this eight-week meal-plan-controlled trial, in an effort to provide more robust data to support the existing body of evidence.” ~ learn more
That’s the title of this GQ post. The author admires the company, as you might imagine. “Emanuel, who possessed no advanced degree but was undeterred in adopting a physician’s title, founded Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps in the late 1940s, in large part because he wanted to broadcast his…
This is a thorough and trustworthy article from the Nutrisense content team. “As you gain insight into what factors impact your glucose levels through the day, you might be wondering more about glucose spikes. What counts as a glucose spike? And are all glucose spikes bad? How can…
A simple software tool to support self-experimentation. “If you're curious or skeptical about the effectiveness of supplements and activities, n1.tools provides structured experiments, simple data entry, and an easy-to-interpret dashboard with relevant statistics to help you figure out what really works for you.” ~ learn more
“Eating a diet of nothing but potatoes (or almost nothing but potatoes) causes quick, effortless weight loss for many people. … Why the hell does this happen? Well, there are many theories. To help get a sense of which theories are plausible, try to find some boundary conditions,…
Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation once settled a trademark question with a CEO-to-CEO arm wrestling match. It resulted in a ton of free PR for both. “While most companies would settle the dispute the conventional way—by calling in the lawyers and burning through ungodly amounts of cash litigating…
“Lantern Bioworks says they have a cure for tooth decay. Their product is a genetically modified bacterium which infects your mouth, outcompetes all the tooth-decay-causing bacteria, and doesn’t cause tooth decay itself. If it works, it could make cavities a thing of the past (you should still brush…