USV just invested in Sora, and I have a hunch that’ll look really smart once the program gains accreditation. “Sora puts high school students in the drivers’ seats of their own development with a remote-first, network-based model. Through a combination of […]
“Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol and sold widely under the brand names Tylenol and Panadol, also increases risk-taking, according to a new study that measured changes in people’s behaviour when under the influence of the common over-the-counter medication.” | learn more
What an incredible story! “Hermès, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Cartier, Tiffany and the rest of the finest luxury brands in the world were all born on the top of the luxury mountain,” wrote Friedman in this year’s shareholders letter. “Never […]
“You could be eligible to participate in a psychedelic research trial. Studies of psychedelics are at various stages, enrolling both healthy volunteers and individuals with specific mental health conditions. We’ve compiled a list here of all the current or planned […]
The term was popularized by Nassim Taleb and in this post Farnam Street explains the concept well. “Iatrogenics is when we cause more harm by intervention than we do good.” | learn more
I never grasped what “community” really meant nor its importance until recently. Maybe I still underestimate it. “[T]hree core elements that make an organization “church-y,” even if it doesn’t look like a traditional religious institution: contemplation, community, and contribution.” | learn more
“Spotify, the audio market, and the negative churn Consumer SaaS company.” | learn more
I’ve been casually following Opendoor since they were just a tiny startup buying and selling houses in Arizona. Now they’re about to go public via a SPAC at a $4.8 billion valuation. Here’s the bull case for “the Amazon of […]
From team a16z bio: “As our engineering toolkit in bio expands to be more powerful than ever before, and the infrastructure to deliver, produce, and scale these solutions comes increasingly online, a whole new world of problems in biology begin […]
This is from over 1,000 samples across Chicagoland: “Nearly 1 in 5 Chicago residents who sent blood-spot samples to Northwestern researchers tested positive for coronavirus antibodies.” This is higher than they expected and might be due to the high sensitivity […]