“5 pirates board a ship, find a chest full of gold coins, and must agree on a fair way to split it. The junior pirates must propose a split, but face being thrown overboard if it’s rejected by the senior […]
“This data visualization shows favorite American past-times like playing baseball or watching TV by using income brackets.” | learn more
CoinDesk reports that Harvard, Yale and Brown endowments have been quietly buying crypto through Coinbase and other exchanges. | learn more
“Human beings are creatures of mimicry. We are evolutionarily supercharged to do one thing better than anyone else: learn by watching and copying others. And the most important thing we learn is how to want.” | learn more
“Thirty participants who have type 2 diabetes consume beverages that have identical ingredients but have deceptive nutrition facts labels.” | learn more
“A new observational study is building on a body of data finding a correlation between afternoon naps and improved mental agility. The research hypothesizes afternoon naps may help moderate age-related neuroinflammation helping keep the brain healthy.” | learn more
The incredible story of the company that leveraged a Reddit-fueled runup in its stock price to raise a bunch of money and avert its impending bankruptcy for a little while longer. Remember, this is not wall street vs the little […]
“New online platform ‘Nearby’ wants to help small businesses compete with Amazon.” I hope they succeed! | learn more
What an excellent list from engineer Milan Cvitkovic. “This is a list of things you’re allowed to do that you thought you couldn’t, or didn’t even know you could.” | learn more
So many great concepts here from Morgan Housel. He starts with, “Everyone belongs to a tribe…” and ends with, “Your personal experiences make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the […]