“Biochemical makeover allows Escherichia coli to use carbon dioxide as a building block for its cells.” This is an incredible breakthrough! “The work could lead to engineered microbes that suck CO2 out of the air and turn it into medicines […]
Retailers, including the hip direct-to-consumer variety, are more often turning to phone calls and text messages to reach potential customers. “Telemarketing is no longer relegated to scammers, insurance companies and debt consolidation firms. Unsolicited calls and texts are becoming a […]
Farnam Street is back with another post full of timeless knowledge. “Signaling and countersignaling are hidden methods of communicating with each other. We do it all the time as a way to “prove” we are who and what we claim […]
This is a really good explanation by Taylor Pearson of a topic that doesn’t get adequate airtime. I originally learned about ergodicity via Nicholas Taleb’s writing. “In an ergodic system, the average outcome of the group is the same as […]
Published in the Harvard Business Review and written by time management coach Elizabeth Grace Saunders. The post offers some practical guidance on how to plan a schedule. | learn more
This is a bit dated, but I think it hasn’t aged too badly. “So what does it take to raise capital as a marketplace startup in 2018?” Published by Julia Morrongiel at Berlin-based VC Point Nine Capital. | learn more
Ranjan Roy, writing for his newsletter Margins: “Did we experience real innovation in the 2010s? If you were to transport someone from 10 years ago to today, what would blow their mind?” | learn more
Benjamin Franklin did not like the choice of Bald Eagle for our nation’s most esteemed bird. He thought the turkey was more fitting. | learn more
Sellers were active in private Facebook groups. The cops had to go undercover with fake names to join, and they’re a bit mad at Facebook because their fake accounts kept getting shut down. | learn more
Some years ago, the city traded 75 years of parking meter revenue for $1 billion in cash that they blew in year one. I just learned that Chicago also trues up every year for things like lost revenue from street […]