fun facts

The myth that most Americans hate their jobs.

I’m always eager to read contrarian arguments to pop culture themes. Here’s one that made me change my assumptions about recent workforce churn. “Resignations are rising because people are seeing more job listings, not because they’re feeling more Marxist.” | learn more

fun facts

Photographing ancient Baobab trees before they die.

“The baobab trees of the African continent can live over 1,500 years—one was been documented living to 2,500 years old. The trees bear fruit and provide useful bark material (which regenerates) for communities. They are famous for appearing “upside down,” […]

on the blockchain

Navigating the Urbit.

Messari profiles Urbit, “… a private, digital homestead for all-around Web3 usage; its peer-to-peer OS offers cloud and community-based services. It’s built from the ground up and runs on almost any phone, tablet, laptop—or anything with Unix and an internet […]

on the blockchain

Planet of the billion dollar Bored Apes.

The company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs just raised $450 million at a $4 billion valuation and this skeptic makes it seem not super crazy. This finally put me over the edge of paying for the Every newsletter […]

big ideas

The current thing.

“It is very counter-intuitive to see how “bad” ideas are in fact extremely valuable: not only do they highlight why the good ideas are better, but they also sometimes show that the “good” ideas are in fact wrong. Arguing that […]

teaching the kids

Why we stopped making Einsteins.

“I think the most depressing fact about humanity is that during the 2000s most of the world was handed essentially free access to the entirety of knowledge and that didn’t trigger a golden age.” The article makes the case for […]

thoughts of food

Getting closer to lab grown meat.

A digestible overview video of the market and technology. Costs have come down considerably since the first $330k burger. I’d love a lab-grown option when it’s cost competitive. | learn more