better doing

Lead bullets.

Ben Horowitz explains the work required to overcome some obstacles won’t come from a silver bullet, but a lot of lead bullets. “Stop looking for the silver bullet.” | learn more

better doing

In your own way.

This is not an argument I’d heard before. “I think the assumption that you need to “motivate yourself” in order to take action is a big part of what stops us taking action on the things that matter most.“ | learn […]

fun facts

The top 10 most-regretted college majors.

“Although students may be drawn to those fields while they’re in school for reasons beyond salary and job security, “when we graduate, reality hits,” said Sinem Buber, ZipRecruiter’s lead economist.” | learn more

fun facts

That one time Oregon blew up a whale.

“In 1970, the Oregon Highway Division consulted with the U.S. Navy and decided the best way to dispose of a whale carcass was to blow it up with a ½ ton of dynamite. The explosion caused blubber to rain down on […]

on the blockchain

Whoa, FTX.

I don’t have a link to share about the FTX drama. But I can’t help mentioning it. My short summary: the second largest crypto exchange has suddenly collapsed, and of course it’s because of fraud and leverage. Not only does […]

big ideas

Atoms are local.

I can’t do justice to this article with a summary. If you only read one this week, let this be it. It explores this idea: “how do we get to a future where everything grows on trees?” | learn more

teaching the kids

On aristocratic tutoring.

The language is casual, but the ideas and reasoning are sharp. “It’s no secret that school sux. It’s not that tutoring is good, it’s that mechanized schooling is really bad. If we got rid of formal 20th century K-12 education, […]