“With most of the public insuretechs now down somewhere in the neighborhood of 90%, it’s pretty clear that the hype cycle is over and there’s no need to pile on anymore.” | learn more
It’s too easy to read into this as an abdication of duty by prosecutors. Maybe they should get more benefit of the doubt? Maybe not. “Prosecutors wouldn’t charge him with shooting 2 women, so CPD overrode their decision. Prosecutors drop […]
A deep look at how shipbuilding improved over time. This is a set of two articles written to draw analogies between shipbuilding and building construction. | learn more
“The Flying Fox is 136 metres long and every millimetre is custom made.” | learn more
I used this metaphor and a friend noted that this only makes sense if you’re painting the floor. The Ngram chart implies people started doing this in the early 20th century. | learn more
“HEIR, a Solana-based fan engagement platform launched by Michael Jordan and son Jeffrey, launched its first NFTs today.” They cut the number of NFTs from 10k to 5k, presumably due to slower-than-expected sales. | learn more
This is complicated and I’m certain I haven’t grasped the full extent of it. Definitely big ideas! “As physicists confront that failure [to explain nature], they’re reexamining a longstanding assumption: that big stuff consists of smaller stuff.” | learn more
A company called Kytch was helping franchisees deal with the oft-broken ice cream machines. McDonald’s corporate crushed their business. Now they’re suing for $900 million in damages. | learn more
“Chemicals cost more than just money: Today, petrochemical production spews out nearly 2% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Now, researchers have taken an important step to vastly reduce that footprint, by using bacteria and waste gases from steel plants, […]
“People who are surrounded by many happy people and those who are central in the network are more likely to become happy in the future. Longitudinal statistical models suggest that clusters of happiness result from the spread of happiness and […]