“Tom Persky is the self-proclaimed “last man standing in the floppy disk business.” He is the time-honored founder of floppydisk.com, a US-based company dedicated to the selling and recycling of floppy disks.” | learn more
I appreciate the approach this author takes to answer the question! “Rather than trying to figure out how long all the lost books and codices are, we can step back and take a longer view of things.” | learn more
A visual ranking of the top 50 names that have at least 25% share for each gender. Data from 1922 – 2021. Each name has charts showing volume over time, as well as gender distribution over time. It’s interesting to […]
They’re huge global consumer brand with low AOV and high frequency. They’ve already gamified their loyalty/rewards program to great success. The blockchain-enabled plan to extend their program seems excellent. The only thing is, the fundamental benefits of blockchain don’t apply […]
This seems like a lot of money, but then again food is a big market. This company runs indoor farms close to major population centers, limiting the cost and time spent on transportation. | learn more
This is an absolutely mind-blowing presentation by Michael Levin. “Our lab studies the way in which all cells, not just neurons, communicate as electrical networks that enable scaling of single-cell properties into collective intelligences that solve problems in anatomical feature […]
“The United States is in a league of its own. There is no other wealthy country in the world that has a life expectancy below 80 years old, nor is there another wealthy country that has a health expenditure per […]
An anecdote that underpins a plea to stop being so busy at work. “What an absolutely terrifying proposition that is! That he and his team were too busy to do the job they were hired to do, and in a […]
“You probably learned at school that humans have five senses—sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste—partly because these are the ones that Aristotle identified two millennia ago. Aristotle was wrong.” | learn more
You might have heard the adage that you’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. This article digs into that idea. “If you measure two-and-a-half-year-old children against [same-aged] chimpanzees and orangutans, they are about even […]