“In a world first, the man was able to ask for soup, beer, and even talk about his son for the first time since becoming completely paralyzed.” | learn more
A few years ago, I toured a factory that made plastic bags out of plastic pellets. The smell was powerful, and my views on plastic started to evolve from that day. Now this: “Three quarters of the subjects were found […]
“The following prompts jostle you out of tiny thinking. Each stretches some dimension of reality to an extreme. So extreme that it is nearly nonsense.” | learn more
The auto maker has said they’ll accept legal liability for collisions while the system is activated. “Mercedes says its Drive Pilot system is the first Level 3 hands-free autonomous driving technology available on a production car.” | learn more
When competing in a highly regulated market. Provi, a “startup that helps restaurants and bars order alcohol is suing two of the largest wine and spirits distributors in the U.S., alleging they are preventing retailers from using its service.” | learn more
I’m always eager to read contrarian arguments to pop culture themes. Here’s one that made me change my assumptions about recent workforce churn. “Resignations are rising because people are seeing more job listings, not because they’re feeling more Marxist.” | learn more
“The baobab trees of the African continent can live over 1,500 years—one was been documented living to 2,500 years old. The trees bear fruit and provide useful bark material (which regenerates) for communities. They are famous for appearing “upside down,” […]
Messari profiles Urbit, “… a private, digital homestead for all-around Web3 usage; its peer-to-peer OS offers cloud and community-based services. It’s built from the ground up and runs on almost any phone, tablet, laptop—or anything with Unix and an internet […]
The company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs just raised $450 million at a $4 billion valuation and this skeptic makes it seem not super crazy. This finally put me over the edge of paying for the Every newsletter […]
“It is very counter-intuitive to see how “bad” ideas are in fact extremely valuable: not only do they highlight why the good ideas are better, but they also sometimes show that the “good” ideas are in fact wrong. Arguing that […]