In this 2015 article, investor Jerry Neumann walks us through Carlota Perez’s framework on technological revolutions. “The wave that we are currently in, the Information and Communications Technology Revolution, started around 1971.” If we’re truly on the back-half of the […]
The once-powerful (and now former) Cook County Assessor earned the fines from the county ethics board for illegal campaign contributions. He sued to claim the ethics board had no right to make the rules he broke, but the judge dismissed […]
“Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin generated and saved every possible melody to a hard drive, then turned it back around to the commons.” They hope to stop copyright lawsuits against artists. | learn more
I get why they’d have a strong preference here, but I’m surprised they have control at all. I mean – iPhones are everywhere! If any readers know the nuances here and care to educate me, I’m ready to listen. | learn more
Author: Kelly McGonigal Kelly McGonigal preached the danger of stress to anyone who would listen. For many years. She was a health psychologist working to translate science into practical strategies for everyday life. In 2012 she abruptly changed her mind. […]
He created the Bitcoin mixer Helix, which obfuscates the origin of the cryptocurrency. The DOJ considers this a “money transmitting and money laundering business.” This major potential precedent could (should?) drive more U.S. developers to build anonymously. | learn more
Written jointly by Bill and Melinda Gates: “Why we swing for the fences.” | learn more
This article hit me hard because it touches on many themes I’ve considered lately. Like many immigrants, I was raised by a whole community in addition to my parents, benefiting me greatly. Isolating our kids from that type of community […]
“The discovery of the CPR [Candidate Phyla Radiation] superphylum was (and remains) one of the most remarkable developments in our growing realization that the genetic diversity of the microbial world is unimaginably vast.” It’s thought to contain a quarter of […]
This is a must-read for anyone with an interest in science who doesn’t already know all the gory details of its troubles. “This week, here are three intertwined stories about positional scarcity from this strange world: 1. How an “indentured […]