oh, chicago
Young voters drive Chicago’s highest midterm turnout in 32 years.
“More than 162,000 Chicagoans aged 25-34 voted in the midterm election on Tuesday.” | learn more
fun facts
The difference between a camel and a dromedary.
This came up recently in a conversation and I had to google to refresh my memory. | learn more
fun facts
How spies use disguises.
The former chief of disguises for the CIA talks about her craft. Really interesting! | learn more
thoughts of food
100 years of food predictions.
“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
thoughts of food
The latest victim of millennials: American Cheese.
“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 […]
under the microscope
Psychedelic psilocybin therapy for depression granted Breakthrough Therapy status by FDA.
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 […]
better doing
If humility is so important, why are leaders so arrogant?
Bill Taylor, co-founder of Fast Company, tackles this question in the Harvard Business Review. | learn more
better doing
A hard-to-read font promises to help boost your memory.
The science behind Sans Forgetica, which incorporates a learning principle called ‘desirable difficulty.’ | learn more
retail therapy
Visual search sits on the brink of a breakthrough.
“According to eMarketer’s 2018 Visual Search report, about 1 billion visual searches happen per month. That’s a tiny fraction of overall search, which renders hundreds of billions of queries per month, but it’s growing. On Pinterest, monthly visual searches went […]
retail therapy
New site where best direct-to-consumer companies are listed for free.
Stephan Aarstol, the founder of Tower Paddle Boards (backed by Mark Cuban), created NoMiddleMan.com to try and remove the need for d2c brands to pay a big portion of revenue to Amazon and Google for the privilege of reaching customers. | learn more