“Now, scientists at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University have developed the first non-invasive technique for controlling targeted brain circuits in behaving animals from a distance.” | learn more
Part 2 of the 4-part series I started sharing last week. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave a talk at a biology conference and said that he felt “your industry is at the same stage mine was in 40 years […]
This is an incredible development and it’s already in human trials. “The new treatment is called “histotripsy,” and it noninvasively directs ultrasound waves so that the target tissue is mechanically destroyed — and with millimeter precision. This novel technique is […]
“Ogilvy’s policy comes as the UK government reviews the Digitally Altered Body Image Bill that would require an influencer to disclose edited content.” Since influence transcends geographies, there’s probably some interesting game theory to be considered here. | learn more
The NYT headline is “Scientists find no benefit to time-restricted eating.” That’s a wildly broad interpretation of the actual study, which was conducted on 139 participants, all of whom were obese, and focused largely on weight loss. | learn more
Why do we believe crazy things? “Just as money can pervert scientific research, so everyday social incentives have the potential to distort our beliefs.” | learn more
“This article describes 17 of what I think are the most common and influential aspects of how people think. It’s a long post, but each point can be read individually. Skip the ones you don’t agree with and reread the […]
“Pokemon Go creator Niantic revealed its next game yesterday, an augmented reality pet simulator named Peridot. … Similar to Pokémon Go, the game uses a phone’s camera to make the creatures visible in an overlay to the real world, using […]
“I believe that we will continue to see more and more traditional venture capital firms decide to register because their business models will need to evolve as the overall venture capital industry continues to change and competition increases.” | learn more
The cofounder of the original smart watch, Eric Migicovsky, shares his story. “I’ve been giving a talk on the importance of learning from failure to every YC batch for last few years. I wrote this post in 2017 but never […]