AIs will hack everything. “Vulnerabilities are called loopholes, exploits are called tax avoidance strategies, and black hats are called accountants.” Bruce Schneier maps classic hacking onto the tax code, markets, and even democracy, then warns that AI will find exploits […]
Someone hacked the FBI. “A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees’ spouses.” I think this reinforces my default assumption that all of our data is effectively public, […]
People who are going to change the world. “In pursuit of a hyperhuman, beautiful, and sincere future.” Alexey Guzey keeps a running list of people he thinks will change the world. The second link is to a version I had […]
A foundry for bastard web fonts. For example: “It’s Times New Roman but every seventh letter is jarringly sans serif.” Bastardica lets you mix, stretch, and squish fonts right in the browser, then export the result as a usable file. […]
Michael Levin’s mind-blowing new research agenda. He is the person who figured out that electricity is how cells know where to self-organize to build each body part, who made tiny living non-frogs from frog cells (xenobots), and who developed the […]
Our kids’ Montessori alma mater on blast by the NYT. Due to odd Covid circumstances our family has experience with three different locations across two states, one of which was fantastic. I do not necessarily endorse this article’s characterization of […]
Why consumers don’t want to shop your site. “Marketplace is where the world is trending not because we want to shop there but because the experience isn’t chopped.” A good reminder that if your own DTC site is harder than […]
Amazon’s top sellers aren’t TikTok Shop’s. “TikTok makes people want things. Amazon is where people buy things.” Only 498 sellers show up in both platforms’ top 10,000, so being big on one barely predicts being big on the other. ~ […]
Everything in oncology in a public website and open source repo for all.. Copy. “Every technology, target, product, company, institution, pathway, trial, pairing, roadmap, and idea in oncology, linked together. The state of the art, the history, and what is […]
Envy masquerades as strategy. “Envy masquerades as strategy, and the disguise is good enough that your team will nod along.” Brian Sugar on how easy it is to confuse a jolt of jealousy for conviction, especially now that copying a […]