Putin probably didn’t write this, but he did put his name on it. It’s surely published for self-serving reasons, but that doesn’t mean it’s not useful. In particular, he directly contradicts the history I learned in school about the Nazi-Soviet […]
Some timely writing about the Soviet Union that’s applicable to the US culture today. “It was during that campaign [against Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago] that the Soviet catchphrase “ne chital, no osuzhdayu”—“didn’t read, but disapprove”—was born: Pasternak’s accusers had coined it to […]
“The question is whether the “illusion” part is generated in our brains or in the visual data our eyes are sending to our brains. Over the course of three experiments, the scientists say they believe the phenomenon occurs in each […]
“A new study, led by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, … describes how bacteria in the gut can metabolize cholesterol at levels high enough to improve a person’s cardiac health.” | learn more
“Early life exposure to environmental stressors, including endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), can impact health later in life. Here, the authors show that neonatal EDC exposure in rats causes epigenetic reprogramming in the liver, which is transcriptionally silent until animals are […]
Even the strongest of brands is hurting today. “Nike reported an unexpected quarterly net loss and a sales decline of 38% year-over-year.” That’s despite digital sales growing by 75% to represent 30% of their revenue. | learn more
I’m not sure whether I’m more surprised by how many I didn’t know about, or how many I was already aware of. I wonder what this landscape will look like by early next year? | learn more
Tyler Tringas learned to arrive early at conferences to catch people off guard, set up meetings immediately before conferences when willingness to meet was highest, etc. “But then I discovered a networking tactic that worked 100x better. All the other […]
A play-by-play analysis of Tesla self-driving video. “Most people are amazed by the things that autopilot can do, but Tesla’s software is much better than it seems on the surface.” 7 minutes watch time. | learn more
“Are we ready to revisit some of the ideas of the early web again? There are trends that suggest we might just have come full circle – and I like it.” | learn more