fun facts
Jim Carrey’s epic 1994
Did you know that The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, and Ace Ventura all came out in the same year? | learn more
fun facts
The $2 billion marketing letter
“Below is what many consider ‘The Greatest Sales Letter of All Time.’ It sold $2 billion worth of Wall St. Journal subscriptions & ran from 1975-2003 with only minor edits.” | learn more
on the blockchain
Seven years in prison for a $25 Million crypto scam
This was for the bogus ICO of Centra Tech which was promoted by Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled. The founder is now sentenced to 7 years in jail and a fine up to $250k. | learn more
on the blockchain
The crypto price-innovation cycle
From a16z: “Crypto cycles look chaotic, but over the long term they’ve generated steady growth of ideas, code, projects, and startups — the drivers of innovation.” | learn more
big ideas
Nuclear power for the moon
“Because resupply missions are challenging and sunlight doesn’t reach some parts of the Moon, NASA is betting that simple, lightweight nuclear reactors are the way to go.” I especially love this because when I was a kid, I thought it’d […]
under the microscope
Robotic white blood cells crawl against the current to deliver drugs
“Rather than swimming through the blood like other micro-robots, the new ones move by rolling along the walls of blood vessels, much like white blood cells do. The direction of this movement can be controlled from outside the body by […]
retail therapy
Walmart and Shopify team up
Walmart’s had an online marketplace since 2009, though it’s always fallen short of Amazon’s in scale. Now they’re teaming up with Shopify to bring more sellers and more products to the platform. It’s also a reflection of (I think) philosophical […]
to your health
Using Covid-19 to renegotiate your antitrust settlement
Sutter Health, a California health system with 43% net profit margins over the past decade and $13 Billion in revenue last year, “was accused of using its market dominance in Northern California to illegally drive up prices.” They had agreed […]
better doing
When safety proves dangerous
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
tech, startups, internet
The best way to get PR for your new software launch
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 […]