teaching the kids

Why we stopped making Einsteins.

“I think the most depressing fact about humanity is that during the 2000s most of the world was handed essentially free access to the entirety of knowledge and that didn’t trigger a golden age.” The article makes the case for […]

thoughts of food

Getting closer to lab grown meat.

A digestible overview video of the market and technology. Costs have come down considerably since the first $330k burger. I’d love a lab-grown option when it’s cost competitive. | learn more

better doing

Why is it so hard to buy things that work well?

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 […]

tech, startups, internet

On fast markups in ventureland.

“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

fun facts

What is a watershed?

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

fun facts

How do we engineer the weather?

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

big ideas

Ark Invest’s big ideas 2022.

“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