Farnam Street discusses risk compensation, like driving faster because we strap on our seat belts. “Understanding how it affects our behavior can help us make the best possible decisions in an uncertain world.” | learn more
The team at Basecamp launched a new paid email service called Hey.com this week. Like Gmail, it’s email service & email software bundled together with some new bells & whistles. The founders are now publicly feuding with Apple over the […]
This is basically cliff’s notes for venture capital. “Venture Patterns catalogs the best of what other startups and venture capitalists have figured out. Don’t reinvent the wheel. Since there are recurring patterns in how to build and run startups and […]
Currently landlords are required to provide heating to a minimum temperature, but not cooling. Given many buildings were built before air conditioning was widely adopted, this sort of makes sense. Except that Chicago’s summer is unbearable without air conditioning. If […]
“Superspreading Events (SSEs) are events where multiple people —a minimum of 5, for example — get infected with the novel coronavirus.” Highlight: 220 people in Germany sick after, “4-hour-event. Live music, ritualized kissing.” This is a database of information about […]
I learned from this article that drinking in public was not banned anywhere until 1975. Now it’s banned practically everywhere. How and why did that happen? | learn more
Coworkers generally find out I’m colorblind the first time they put a color-coded spreadsheet or graph in front me. Right after that, we play the “what color is this?” game until I lose enough times to prove I’m colorblind. The […]
This blockchain company, founded in 2016, had a lofty mission to create more trustworthy journalism. My favorite local news source, Block Club Chicago, runs on Civil’s platform. “Our grand experiment did not achieve its mission, but we did succeed in […]
There’s consolidation happening in the online food business. Grubhub had been in talks with Uber but those broke down because of antitrust concerns. I think we’re coming to the tail end of the VC-sponsored discounts for consumers in this market. | learn […]
“A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, however, finds that these AI algorithms have serious instability issues. Small structural changes, such as the presence of a small tumour, may not be captured, while tiny, almost […]