fun facts
Goldman Sachs just says ‘Vice President’ to be polite
“If everyone is a Vice President and Global Head of Something, is anyone really the global head of anything?” | learn more
fun facts
New evidence for theory of Stork baby delivery
A scientific paper with plenty of correlation suggesting storks really do deliver babies. | learn more
fun facts
My favorite LinkedIn profile
Roy Bahat, who runs VC fund Bloomberg Beta, seems like an awesome person. I recommend reading his profile in full. “I tried writing my LinkedIn to be honest to both my successes and the other stuff – so you can […]
fun facts
It’s hard to be a spy in the digital age
This is a fascinating article that discusses in great detail the challenges for the CIA of running spies in foreign countries as the internet, networked cameras and biometrics continue taking hold. I am troubled by the sources being entirely anonymous […]
to your health under the microscope
Microbiome 2020 🦠
If I say “think of your body,” what do you picture? Your eyes? Your heart? Your toes? Do you think about your bacteria? Perhaps you should; current science suggests our microbes are as much “us” as our brain or fingertips. […]
on the blockchain
What will happen to cryptocurrency in the 2020s
Brian Armstrong also posted this set of predictions. “In short, I think over the next decade we’ll see a blockchain, that is both more scalable and includes privacy features, reach about 1B users by the end of the decade (up […]
on the blockchain
What happened in crypto over the last decade
Written by Brian Armstrong, founder and CEO of Coinbase. Short and punchy. | learn more
under the microscope
New discovery has scientists thinking they can stop hair loss
“By stopping a newly discovered muscle movement that is key to the shedding of old follicles, scientists believe they may one day be able intervene to help men hang onto their hair.” | learn more
better doing
The silent meeting manifesto
The Silent Meeting is derived from Jeff Bezos’s and his famed no-powerpoint meetings. It was taken from Amazon to Square by an executive, and then to Twitter by CEO (of both) Jack Dorsey. Twitter Product Manager David Gasca spells it […]
better doing
No, seriously. Just try it
From LessWrong. “When considering a self-help goal, it may be helpful to at least start with methods that have been scientifically demonstrated to work on a large number of people. On the other hand, there are so many gaps in our […]