On build vs buy but way broader in scope. “When it comes to buying products and services, at a personal level, most people I know who’ve checked the work of people they’ve hired for things like home renovation or accounting […]
“When I started in VC, markups were useful validation that a new fund knew what it was doing. But there was relatively less fixation on performance numbers early in a fund’s life. This seems to have changed. Why?” | learn more
Indian-American households have the single highest income level of any group in the country — more than twice as high as the general US population.” | learn more
I looked up the meaning of ‘watershed moment’ and instead ended up learning all about watersheds. They can range in size from small to thousands of square miles. | learn more
This is a short video full of fun facts and interesting footage. At least 52 countries have some sort of weather modification program! | learn more
“This annual research report seeks to highlight our most provocative research conclusions for the coming year.” Multi-omics, autonomous ride-hail and logistics, and orbital aerospace all sound pretty interesting to me. | learn more
“Overall, the Mayo Clinic team argues that in bone healing, mRNA “promises to couple affordability with efficacy, and clinical expediency with safety, while presenting fewer barriers than traditional gene therapy to clinical translation.” | learn more
“Pulse rates have been overlooked as a potentially valuable way of capturing individuals’ wellbeing. The value of pulse rate as a wellbeing metric is that, unlike subjective wellbeing metrics, it is recorded on an objective cardinal scale.” | learn more
“The first child born using the technique arrived last year. But can it really help reduce diseases in a new generation, or is it ‘techno-eugenics’?” | learn more
Some of your favorite direct-to-consumer clothing brands use this loophole to import Chinese-made products without any tariffs. | learn more