This list from The Economist provides great fodder for techno-optimism. Solar geoengineering, container ships with sails and brain interfaces are just a few of the featured technologies. | learn more
“We find that today – two hundred years after its abolition – the locations in which the inquisition was strong have markedly lower levels of economic activity, trust and educational attainment than those in which it was weak.” | learn more
“In the last 60 years, there are 3 instances of a player winning 5 (or more) PGA Tour starts in a row. They belong to: Tiger Woods (7), Tiger Woods (6) and Tiger Woods (5).” | learn more
“The Problem with having fewer toes and running Really Fucking Fast is that it kind of fucks your everything else up. When a horse runs at full gallop, it sort of… stops actively breathing, letting the slosh of its guts […]
“At 27, she took her $5,000 life savings, a good idea and tons of hustle to build a BILLION dollar business. The Crazy Part? She had almost no prior experience in business.” | learn more
Though China’s official market share of mining is down to zero, “Experts estimate that as much as 20% of the worldwide bitcoin network remains in China.” The middle market of miners felt the worst impact, as the smaller ones could […]
Coinbase delivers a solid, “guide to the multi-chain future, sidechains, and layer-2 solutions.” | learn more
“It has become absolute madness. The financial world, and various related aspects of society, all patiently wait for the decisions of a small group of 12 people who emerge from the FOMC meetings.” | learn more
“In texts, … thinking words relating to technology and social organization (experiment, gravity, weigh, cost, contract) become more common between 1850 and approximately 1977 (beginning of the great stagnation) but since then thinking words have declined markedly and feeling words […]
“Tacit knowledge is knowledge that cannot be captured through words alone. Think about riding a bicycle. Riding a bicycle is impossible to teach through descriptions.” | learn more