In my teens and 20s I played a lot of minesweeper (the old school Windows game). I’d use it to occupy my “System 1” brain while I did some of my best thinking. “A common situation is that you get […]
“Audrey Tang says tech can build trust, tame misinformation, and strengthen democracy. Her plan might even work in the US.” | learn more
This isn’t about blockchain, but it’s a must-read complementary pairing to the article above about blockchain being good for (almost) nothing. “They speak of electronic town meetings and virtual communities. Commerce and business will shift from offices and malls to […]
Factually accurate and I think wrong in the most meaningful sense. Sharing anyway! “Blockchain technology is going to change everything: the shipping industry, the financial system, government … in fact, what won’t it change? But enthusiasm for it mainly stems […]
“According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were only 2.5M people here in 1776… and many of those people (or their parents or grandparents) came here from somewhere else.” | learn more
A few weeks ago I shared The Four Quadrants of Conformism where Graham writes about independent-minded people and the institutions they tend to inhabit being less hospitable over time. He ended with hope, for the “independent-minded are good at protecting themselves.” This […]
Published by examine.com, I think this does a great job of building on scientific literature with a fair and reasoned approach. “So many myths it’s hard to know where to start. Covering carbs, (saturated) fat, protein, eggs, and a lot […]
The parchment, made from animal skins, is impossibly fragile. Most were not found intact, but rather in thousands of fragments that had to be sorted and pieced together. “Enter parchment DNA. Sampling of the skins (done with extreme caution) showed […]
“Déjà vu – we all know it when we feel it, but could we make it happen in someone else? Psychology researcher Anne Cleary figured out a way.” | learn more
“In the murky world of unpaid bills, a banker and an ex-con can make a fortune — if they don’t run into too many crooks.” My practical takeaway from this article: the best strategy for dealing with debt collectors is […]