oh, Austin
Meet your new nightmare, the Hammerhead Worm.
“If you try to kill it with a shovel, it’ll just split into two.” Despite the alarmist headline, there’s no need to have nightmares. ~ learn more
fun facts
The case of the fake Sherlock.
“Richard Walter is largely a poseur,” McCrary says. “What I say about Richard is he’s an expert at being an expert, at playing one and convincing people that he is.” ~ learn more
fun facts
Just one company is allegedly responsible for 7.5 billion nuisance calls.
“Dozens of state attorneys general have banded together to sue a telecommunications company, alleging that the company is solely responsible for 7.5 billion calls to people on the US’s federal Do Not Call registry.” ~ learn more
fun facts
3 hearts, 9 brains, 8 arms — the octopus.
“The octopus is a creature of complexity and mystery, that serves as a symbol of creativity, expansion and unpredictability. … These artists have studied the form and symbolism of these amazing sea creatures in depth — here are their individual […]
book recommendations
Takeaways: The Expectation Effect
I read somewhere that writing summaries is more important than reading books. So I decided to take that author’s advice, and also his template. I recently finished reading The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World by David […]
big ideas
JP Morgan’s big bet on carbon removal.
They are funding direct-air capture, which is probably my favorite technology solution for removing carbon from the air. The problem is that it requires a lot of energy, so it’s expensive. But by both raising capital for the providers (they […]
big ideas
Adapting to climate change.
“The remarkable decline in the US temperature-mortality relationship over the twentieth century.” Air conditioners are one of the three adaptations. This reinforces the point that climate predictions that don’t account for adaptation (probably most of them?) are missing something critical. […]
teaching the kids
The inconvenient lack of demand for higher quality education.
“My favored model is that schools have an iron triangle: – Parents need someone to watch their kids while they work. They often don’t want to think about it, and they are usually content as long as their kids can […]
thoughts of food
Consumer-obsessed: food as medicine.
An insightful new report from the team at Listen Ventures. ~ learn more
thoughts of food
Saving the Cavendish banana.
The bananas we know and love were not always the top banana in the market. A disease wiped out their top competitor the Gros Michel, leaving them in pole position. Now there’s a disease coming for the Cavendish. “After earlier […]