“Realtime Inequality provides the first timely statistics on how economic growth is distributed across groups. When new growth numbers come out each quarter, we show how each income and wealth group benefits.” A key criticism here is the methodology ignores […]
“The Billions Club contains over 300 songs, with the majority being released in the 2010s. This is largely due to the fact that Spotify launched at the start of that decade.” | learn more
“It’s mindlessly binge-watching television without worrying about the time. It’s eating snacks in bed without a care about leftover crumbs. And it’s wearing the same pair of pajamas all week while working from home. Welcome to “goblin mode.” | learn more
“On November 8, 2022, the debtors sought an additional $125mm from FTX under the parties’ loan agreement but — ⚡️shocker⚡️— did not get it. FTX filed its own bankruptcy three days later. This time line is bananas…” | learn more
“Cryptocurrency exchange company Binance has released a new site that explains its proof-of-reserves system. The company is starting with BTC reserves. Right now, Binance has a reserve ratio of 101%. It means that the company has enough bitcoins to cover […]
Writing for the Financial Times, journalist Robin Wigglesworth notes the many things that financial journalists have worried about over the past decade. “What is remarkable about this is how many things basically pretty much came to pass. … And yet, none […]
“Two food scientists, Syed Rizvi, professor of food science engineering, and Michael E. Wagner, Ph.D. ’15, have just patented a clever use of the Joule-Thompson Effect that certainly has the potential to make the world a little more magical.” | learn more
“The rallying cry in the Netherlands started two decades ago, as concern mounted about its ability to feed its 17 million people: Produce twice as much food using half as many resources. … The Dutch have pioneered cell-cultured meat, vertical […]
A Stanford Medicine research study following 250 children for five years, “did not find a meaningful association between the age at which kids received their first phones and their well-being, as measured by grades, sleep habits and depression symptoms.” | learn more
“In this phase 2 trial involving participants with treatment-resistant depression, psilocybin at a single dose of 25 mg, but not 10 mg, reduced depression scores significantly more than a 1-mg dose over a period of 3 weeks but was associated […]