CNN Business digs into Amazon’s journey to establish itself in the services business from cleaning to installation. This is one area where I think Amazon has made more headlines than headway. | learn more
“Even as corporations decamp for downtown, GlenStar’s Michael Klein is refurbishing suburban office complexes to feel more like Wicker Park than Woodfield Mall. Will his contrarian instinct pay off?” | learn more
“More than 162,000 Chicagoans aged 25-34 voted in the midterm election on Tuesday.” | learn more
This came up recently in a conversation and I had to google to refresh my memory. | learn more
The former chief of disguises for the CIA talks about her craft. Really interesting! | learn more
“Lava-powered steak, chicken drumsticks from a lab, and wood fungus for dinner: All these dishes were once thought of as the foodstuffs of the future.” | learn more
“American (cheese) culture is at a crossroads. The product, made famous by the greatest generation, devoured by boomers on the go and touted as the basis for macaroni and cheese, the well-documented love object of Gen X, has met its […]
This is about magic mushrooms 🍄, and is a big deal! It also comes as I’m learning a lot about psychedelics in the book How To Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. “This classification suggests the treatment has demonstrated significant potential in […]
Bill Taylor, co-founder of Fast Company, tackles this question in the Harvard Business Review. | learn more
The science behind Sans Forgetica, which incorporates a learning principle called ‘desirable difficulty.’ | learn more