Professor Bryan Caplan of George Mason University’s economics department shares an alternative view on education. “I’ve been in school for the last 35 years – 21 years as a student, the rest as a professor. As a result, the Real World […]
“Scientists in Australia have made an exciting breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research, demonstrating what they describe as the first gene-therapy-based approach for treating advanced forms of the disease.” | learn more
“There are real cases. There is real spying going on,” says Frank Wu, a lawyer and legal historian at the Hastings College of Law who has advised many Chinese American scientists since the investigations came to light. But when it […]
ShipBob’s business is running warehouses so their e-commerce brand customers don’t have to. They ship a lot of packages with various carriers. This weekly time-in-transit page makes me smile because it’s data that might otherwise be locked away if not […]
For decades, people have been licking joints to seal them. Now that this is a regulated retail industry, I think it’s fair to expect spit-free product. “Michigan marijuana regulators issued a broad product recall Thursday based on a “confirmed complaint” […]
Axios Future did a nice job highlighting some of the dynamics around indoor air quality. I expect most establishments are unprepared to put guests at ease about air cleanliness this winter. I’ve also heard that some HVAC manufacturers are having […]
This HBR article highlights interesting findings that show people have lower intrinsic motivation when they feel like they’re working during personal time. Interestingly, simply re-framing the time as work time, for example by telling yourself “People usually use weekends to […]
“Wisdom is earned, not given. When other people give us the answer, it belongs to them and not us. While we might achieve the outcome we desire, it comes from dependence, not insight.” | learn more
This is part 23 of Hubert Horan’s quest to highlight the bear case for Uber. “The press is still refusing to depict Uber accurately, as a rotting corpse.” Reading this forced me to look up their most recent financials and […]
“The co-working company has a plan to survive the pandemic and the aftermath of its disastrous IPO attempt.” | learn more