Benedict Evans addresses a few questions here, but I consider the most interesting to be the scale problem of voice as a platform. How do you even know what you can and can’t ask Alexa? “The ideal number of skills […]
Again, we turn to the Tribune: “‘Going rate’ to buy a job in Dorothy Brown’s office? $10,000, employee tells feds” | learn more
The Tribune’s headline says it all: “Someone please explain ‘conflict of interest’ to Ald. Ed Burke” | learn more
“In the 1930s, many people living in isolated communities had very little access to jobs, let alone a good education for their children. In Kentucky, they had isolated mountain communities which could only get their books and reading material from […]
History, as its taught in US schools, looks upon Lincoln quite favorably. After all, he led the Union to win the Civil War, freeing the slaves in the process. From this book, I learned how the sausage was made. First, […]
Vertically integrated construction has been tried before, but hasn’t really worked in a meaningful way. Why is this a big deal? Because construction is a terribly inefficient industry that affects all of us who don’t live in a cave. Katerra […]
“[Stem cells] can reprogram themselves to carry out the function of virtually any other type of cell, and play a vital role in early development. This functional reprogramming is usually accompanied by an age reset, down to zero. Sebastiano figures […]
Interesting short post by Hunter Walk from VC firm Homebrew. | learn more
In the past, we learned that the placebo effect works even when the patient knows they’re taking a placebo. Now this… May we never stop learning new things about the human condition! | learn more
“In a new analysis of 1 million U.S. teens, my co-authors and I looked at how teens were spending their free time and which activities correlated with happiness, and which didn’t.” | learn more