fun facts
Eyes Wide Shut, explained
Remember that movie with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, and a weird ritual orgy? Here’s an explanation: it’s an allegory for the story of Adam & Eve. | learn more
fun facts
The prediction game
“Predict what will happen in 2021 across a number of categories, from business & tech, to global affairs, sports, and culture.” | learn more
on the blockchain
Coinbase filed S-1 to go public
Noteworthy because of their status as a top crypto company. I’ll be interested to see how closely the market value of Coinbase will fluctuate with the market value of Bitcoin. | learn more
under the microscope
Hand transplants demonstrate the nervous system’s adaptability
“Work with hand transplant recipients challenges fundamental notions about the limits of neuroplasticity in mature adults.” | learn more
under the microscope
Gene therapy, absolutely and for real
“This weekend brought some really significant news in the long-running effort to use gene editing to treat human disease. As most readers will have heard, Boston Children’s Hospital and a Vertex/CRISPR effort both published papers in the NEJM addressing sickle-cell […]
retail therapy
A list of 117 retail bankruptcies and why they failed
“From executive missteps to pandemic-related shutdowns, we look at some of the biggest retail bankruptcies & companies that are going out of business in 2020.” | learn more
retail therapy
The great Canadian generic brand invasion
“How Canadians got so good at making generic products that are as good—or possibly, even better—than the name-brand equivalent.” | learn more
better doing
The opposite of a good idea is a good idea.
I recently finished reading Rory Sutherland’s book Alchemy. This concept of his made its mark on me, and I’ve been able to use it a handful of times already. Dave Baily expanded it into this short blog post that highlights […]
better doing
Beware the casual polymath
This is a very insightful post from the anonymously published blog Applied Divinity Studies. “[W]hat’s really happening is that we’ve chosen to privilege certain combinations of skills as impressive, while taking others for granted. A physicist who studies math, can […]