under the microscope

The abiding threat of antibiotic resistance

“While we expect a single virus pandemic to pass relatively soon, the harm from antibiotic resistance could continue from decades past through decades future, worsening to a point where currently treatable bacterial infections could conceivably retake their place from cancer […]

to your health

Compare hospital prices with an easy search

Turquoise Health: “Starting this year, all hospitals are required to list their prices for elective services. Whether you have insurance or plan to pay cash – find and compare prices below.” | learn more

better doing

How hard should I push myself?

Much writing about stress focuses exclusively on the “fight or flight” stress response, and unfortunately that’s true for this article. Read this with the knowledge that stress is a necessary part of life and you are not well-served to avoid […]

better doing

The paradox of abundance

“Information abundance, like all markets of abundance, is bad for the average person but great for a small number of people.” | learn more

tech, startups, internet

Emerging roles in tech

Ann Bordetsky on Twitter: “What do you call someone who’s really great at stitching together modular tools like Airtable + Notion + Zap + Slack + …. to build quasi-products? Not a PM. Not a Marketer. Not Ops per se. […]

tech, startups, internet

The Presidents of Telegram

Heads of state are joining the privacy-focused messaging service. Most recently the presidents of Brazil and Turkey joined 8 other heads of state. Any guesses why?! Telegram founder Pavel Durov (yeah, name buddy!) writes, “We may be witnessing the largest […]

oh, chicago

A debate: what’s an accelerator without funding?

I’m not much of a twitter user but sometimes that’s where the action is! Crain’s reported “Tech incubator 1871 is launching a 12-week virtual program to help Black entrepreneurs start and grow companies.” The catch? There’s no funding. Chicago VC Ezra […]

fun facts

Diamond hands and paper hands

I learned some new stock trader lingo this week. “The slang phrases paper hands and diamond hands are used to describe the risk appetite of other stock traders.” | learn more

fun facts

Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system

A painstaking analysis of 27 studies, neatly summarized with key takeaways up top. “When I started looking into this subject, I predicted a person’s physical attractiveness would only have minor advantages. I was wrong. In fact, I was so wrong, […]