Ben Thompson begins at the beginning: the rollout of Bank Americard (which would become Visa) in Fresno, CA in 1958. Not mentioned here, but interesting: Visa’s founder Dee Hock launched to 100k customers in 90 days – before the internet […]
Starlink is the network of satellites that Elon Musk’s SpaceX has started launching to provide global internet coverage. Jeffrey Paul, the author of this post, explains why it’s a big deal. I’m inclined to agree with him. One criticism, though: […]
“A little over a month after Chicago made recreational marijuana legal, the City Council is considering whether to decriminalize what are termed “entheogenic” plants that contain psychoactive substances that can induce a spiritual experience.” | learn more
Without retail locations for grocery pickup, they’ve struggled to retain customers. “A Chicago tech success story is abandoning its native home as companies like Instacart and Amazon provide what it couldn’t here.” | learn more
“Below, you’ll find his daily drug schedule which was detailed in E. Jean Carroll’s biography, Hunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson. As you’ll soon find, old mate Hunter was all about that bender life.” | learn more
Now digitized for our viewing pleasure, including the American Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. “George III’s collection of military maps comprises some 3,000 maps, views and prints ranging from the disposition of Charles V’s armies at Vienna in 1532 to the Battle of Waterloo […]
Author: Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. Mindset is my new lens for seeing the world. As Carol Dweck explains in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, there are two available mindsets: fixed and growth. As you could probably guess, […]
This is both thorough and easy to skim. As a reminder, NFTs are Non-Fungible Tokens like Cryptokitties from 2017. | learn more
A no-loss lottery, a protocol for “flash loans” (that I don’t understand) and streaming money. | learn more
From birth to old age. National Geographic discusses how the relationship between us and our microbes changes over the various stages of life. [This might be paywalled now, but it worked for me somehow.] | learn more