We’re prone to a series of undesirable behaviors like emotional negativity, over-thinking, increased risk-taking, and higher levels of anxiety and depression during the night. The scientists behind the theory posit that nighttime molecular levels and neuronal activities drive this. They […]
This is an economic working paper looking at the question. The author segments transparency into horizontal (across peers) and veritcal (across levels) and finds the outcomes differ. Horizontal transparency makes employers bargain harder, while vertical transparency can lead to more […]
“The reason I hate OKRs is that they are often the wrong answer for startups. OKRs are just a form of a goal — they make the goal specific and measurable and all the other things a goal should be. […]
What happens when a simple system tries to regulate a complex system. ~ learn more
This a slightly more advanced spin on the idea of a compounding advantage from more data. Tomasz Tunguz now offers a method for that advantage to compound: He highlights a recent paper about Reflexion, “an approach that endows an agent […]
There was once a well reasoned argument for life on mars. But it was built upon faulty information, namely a visual artifact from low-resolution photos. Similarly the large language model draws reasoned conclusions as it best can, but is hampered […]
Imagine you had a bunch of on/off switches and only one could be in the on position at a time. That group is a one-hot. It’s used in digital circuitry and more recently natural language processing and machine learning. ~ learn more
It was for the longest cooking marathon, back in 2018. It lasted 42 hours and 17 minutes. It was the inaugural National Fried Rice Day. There’s a culture of world record breaking at the organization. “For former wrestler and Benihana […]
This short post reminds me that adaptation is happening in real time all around us. “The Fosbury flop gave an advantage to athletes who start with a high center of mass. In just eight years after Fosbury won gold in […]
The country that’s on track to become the world’s 3rd largest has a lot going for it. Critics point to challenges with its leadership that hold the country back. They just had a contentious election. Ken Opalo offers a cautiously […]