fun facts
How farmers in Earth’s least developed country grew 200 million trees.
This is the story of trees coming back to Niger after they were cleared to make way for orderly crops. It didn’t come about with a new planting initiative. Instead, the people stopped pulling out stumps and let them grow […]
profiles of people
Artists can get huge without NFTs.
The WSJ headline: “Three Years Ago, Her Art Sold for $400 at the Beach. Now It Fetches Up To $1.6 Million at Auction.” I am no art critic, but I feel it relevant to point out that she’s dating a […]
on the blockchain
Web3 marketing stack.
“There’s an entire marketing ecosystem for startups to build – and it will explode as all the venture dollars web3 startups have raised rushes to find new users.” | learn more
teaching the kids
Compounded luck.
“Compounding early luck is generally fine with people who have early luck. What a surprise. But it’s unfair and it’s also a talent-utilization problem that hurts everyone.” | learn more
thoughts of food
An expose on Blue Hill at Stone Barns.
Eater does a deep dive and finds many former employees who throw stones at the restaurant’s “model for the future of food” brand. | learn more
under the microscope
Early life affects late-life health.
“Early life strongly influences DNA methylation variation across the lifespan, and the effects are stronger for heritable sites and sites biologically relevant to the regulation of gene expression. Early life could affect late-life health through influencing DNA methylation.” | learn more
retail therapy
Could Amazon run out of people to hire?
“Amazon is facing a looming crisis: It could run out of people to hire in its US warehouses by 2024, according to leaked Amazon internal research from mid-2021 that Recode reviewed.” | learn more
better doing
How to set junior employees up for remote work success.
I had opinions on this topic before reading, and now I feel better educated. “As you can see, junior remote employees are doing almost 2x the upskilling they’re doing in the office. It’s not their fault they are struggling to […]
better doing
The fuel tank metaphor is completely misleading.
“After years of floundering, I think I’m finally getting it: You get energy by spending it.” | learn more