big ideas
UFOs show govt. competence as either surprisingly high or low
A reasoned intellectual analysis into the hardest-to-dismiss cases of UFOs by Robin Hanson of Overcoming Bias. | learn more
retail therapy
Travis Scott doesn’t like ‘branding’ or ‘marketing,’ but he’s so good at both
“With Travis Scott, no creative choice is obvious or predictable. In fact, he didn’t even want his first album to be released on CD, still the standard format of the day in 2015.” | learn more
retail therapy
Wayfair’s $112 billion plan to take over your entire home
This is a nice long ode to Wayfair! “The furnishings giant is almost 20 years old. But it says it’s just getting started.” | learn more
to your health
A primary care physician for every American
“A new report says it’s time to consider primary care a “common good” akin to public education.” | learn more
to your health
Personalized health is the future
AngelList rounds up the “new batch of wellness-minded startups” tackling personalized health. Great to see NutriSense get a mention! | learn more
better doing
What’s going on here, with this human?
Recruiting is hard. “My goal in this essay is to help others make better decisions on a potential hire, business partner, or even life partner as quickly and as accurately as possible. It’s made up of suggested action steps and some […]
better doing
How Coinbase is rethinking compensation
Coinbase’s latest changes should inspire us all. They’re going to pay 75th percentile compared to a peer group of big tech companies, removing all negotiation from offers and adopting annual equity grants instead of traditional 4-year grants. “Eliminating negotiations doesn’t […]
tech, startups, internet
Apple discussed disclosing 128mm iPhone hack, then decided not to
“In September 2015, Apple managers had a dilemma on their hands: should, or should they not notify 128 million iPhone users of what remains the worst mass iOS compromise on record? Ultimately, all evidence shows, they chose to keep quiet.” | learn […]
tech, startups, internet
Stripe and solid-state economics
From Byrne Hobart of The Diff: “A world where money is accessible through just another function call is a world where more of the economy fits together better and runs a lot faster.” | learn more
fun facts
What sort of business is investment banking?
“Credit Suisse has over 1.6 million individual clients, over 100,000 corporate clients and tens of thousands of institutional clients. Yet a single client can blow through the profits made from all the others.” | learn more