better doing
Hunter S. Thompson’s letter on finding your purpose and living a meaningful life.
The famed author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas wrote a letter to his friend Hume Logan that’s worth reading. | learn more
better doing
Hyperbolic discounting: why you make terrible life choices.
What a fun title :). “Hyperbolic discounting is a cognitive bias, where people choose smaller, immediate rewards rather than larger, later rewards.” | learn more
retail therapy
Guy Turner’s idea for eCommerce returns.
It seems that every internet retailer that touches their own inventory has a problem: returns. Everybody hates dealing with them, but they’re a necessary component of the retail business. Guy Turner, partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners, offers an idea […]
on the blockchain
Can you insure your cryptocurrency against theft?
Yes, but insurance companies don’t like to talk about it too much – yet. | learn more
on the blockchain
The crypto commons.
Commons are a shared resource for use by multiple people. Individuals’ rational actions often end up destroying the resource (you may have heard this phrase: “the tragedy of the commons”). Can we create a scalable governance model for commons with […]
tech, startups, internet
Oscar the AI trashcan sorts recyclables from garbage.
It costs $1,000, but some people really need help (me included). | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Ways to think about machine learning.
The always-thoughtful Benedict Evans discusses machine learning in this post. He shuts down some of the oft-repeated sayings like “data is the new oil” in favor of more practical ways to understand the technology shift we’re living through. |learn more
oh, chicago
Fire. Rehire. Make millions from taxpayers.
“A multimillion-dollar deal between Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Stephen Calk, the man who would later become Paul Manafort’s banker, was supposed to deliver 400 new jobs to the city. Here’s what really happened.” | learn more
fun facts
The biggest digital heist in history isn’t over.
“Carbanak’s suspected ringleader is under arrest, but $1.2 billion remains missing, and his malware attacks live on.” | learn more
fun facts
Tortilla chips spontaneously combust… twice.
“[The Austin Fire Department] says the factory was trying out a new blend of chips that ‘didn’t work out so well.’” | learn more