fun facts
What percentage of people 7’ tall play in the NBA?
There’s an oft-quoted stat that its 17%. This writer believes that’s incorrect because the ‘official height’ records of NBA players are inflated. | learn more
on the blockchain
Tornado Cash hijinx.
This blockchain service is used to launder cryptocurrency, and the US government recently banned it. Interacting with it can get your accounts frozen. So someone decided to have some fun: “Max chaos — someone is sending TC’d ETH to big […]
on the blockchain
MakerDAO may execute ‘Emergency Shutdown’ if sanctions hit DAI.
“Maker is making contingency plans to execute an emergency shutdown should core contracts underpinning DAI, its stablecoin, be sanctioned by Washington, according to posts from MakerDAO founder, Rune Christensen, in the project’s Discord channels. “If we get nuked by the […]
big ideas
We’re going to need a lot of solar panels.
This will really expand your mind. Casey Handmer makes the case that with the solar costs declining 30% with every doubling of production, an average doubling time of 3 years, and a little more time, we’ll soon see solar energy […]
under the microscope
First trial to prove a diet supplement can prevent hereditary cancer.
“A trial in people with high hereditary risk of a wide range of cancers has shown a major preventive effect from resistant starch, found in a range of foods such as oats and slightly green bananas.” | learn more
under the microscope
Pig organs partially revived in dead animals.
“Researchers have restored1 circulation and cellular activity in the vital organs of pigs, such as the heart and brain, one hour after the animals died. The research challenges the idea that cardiac death — which occurs when blood circulation and […]
under the microscope
The brain enters ‘low-power mode’ to blunt senses when you eat too little.
“A significant implication of the new findings is that much of what we know about how brains and neurons work may have been learned from brains that researchers unwittingly put into low-power mode. It is extremely common to restrict the […]
to your health
How will Amazon approach U.S. primary care?
Musings by two MBA professors who specialize in the healthcare industry: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley Staats. “Amazon has a playbook for reinventing businesses that it enters. It includes simplifying processes, experimenting to determine which new approaches work best, and […]
better doing
Synchronization can be distracting.
“We are primed to pay attention to things that happen in a thunderclap. But the events that change our culture often happen over time, distributed across parts of the population too small to notice.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Seed stage founders undervalue angels with marketing & comms expertise.
VC investor Hunter Walk of Homebrew thinks that founders should make an effort to bring these angel investors with this background into their seed rounds. Here he makes the case for why. | learn more