Rob May offers an interesting line of thinking. “The laws of economics aren’t fixed forever. As AI impacts society in many ways, and as AI makes more decisions for humans that we no longer make ourselves, it is very possible the […]
Hello, Caribbean islands! “Super-rich families are buying multiple citizenships to prepare for the next lockdown. Here’s how citizenship-by-investment programs (CIPs) work and why they’re getting more popular.” | learn more
Excel wins! “Scientists have renamed 27 human genes to stop Microsoft Excel misreading them as dates.” | learn more
A new essay from Paul Graham sorts people into four quadrants to discuss social conformity: “Starting in the upper left and going counter-clockwise: aggressively conventional-minded, passively conventional-minded, passively independent-minded, and aggressively independent-minded.” I really like this, except the implication that […]
“Oatly doesn’t think like the rest. They’ve been around for 20 years as a Swedish company fighting for attention. Last week, the oat milk company raised $200mm at a $2bn valuation. This is a lesson on creativity and how @oatly […]
A new restaurant called Pizza Friendly Pizza is serving Sicilian-style slice from an alley in Ukrainian Village. This weekend we grabbed a bite to eat at Goddess & The Grocer’s patio that was very recently an alley (pictured above). I’m reminded of […]
Long, detailed, hard to read, and also fascinating. “Key advances include the development of techniques for generating molecular tools for cutting the DNA of genomes in specific places to allow targeted alterations in the DNA sequence. Over recent years, several […]
Harvard Biologist Preston Estep had none of the typical trappings of vaccine development: funding, a company, animal data, nor ethics approval. “What he did have: ingredients for a vaccine. And one willing volunteer. Estep swirled together the mixture and spritzed […]
From Google’s consumer insights team: “Discover in-depth research on the buyer decision-making process and purchase behaviour, and how you can adapt your strategy to fit the process.” | learn more
Costco’s private label brand Kirkland Signature launched in 1992 and has been delivering a great product experience ever since, as well as win for manufacturers. “Kirkland products have to be at least 1% better than the equivalent branded products (on […]