The late Shimon Peres, former President of Israel, tells the story of how he helped Israel develop (with France’s help) it’s nuclear power capabilities. This is a cool behind-the-scenes look at big scale politics. | learn more
A Chinese team has used a DNA editing technique called base editing to remove a genetic disease called beta-thalassemia from a human embryo. “Base editing is an advance on a form of gene-editing known as Crispr, that is already revolutionising [sic] science.” | learn more
In his book Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman includes a chapter about psychological priming that draws on a number of research studies. This post’s author found those studies were way too small for the level of certainty expressed in the […]
The Altantic offers an enlightening journey into Waymo’s (subsidiary of Google’s parent Alphabet) infrastructure for developing self-driving car technology. This includes a physical road network and simulation systems. | learn more
PitchBook has an interesting infographic highlighting all sorts of stats about real estate tech. | learn more
For all the talk I’ve heard about the value of a bitcoin or other crypto token, little of it has been rooted in economics. Enter Chris Burniske of Placeholder VC who provides a rational theory of economic value for cryptoassets. […]
There’s a brouhaha taking place in my neighborhood. Pollos Vivos is a local shop that’s been around since 1953 selling freshly butchered chickens and turkeys. A couple weeks ago an animal rights group made their way inside to stage a […]
I shared a link on LSD microdosing earlier this year, and a few readers have been talking about it ever since. While I have not tried this myself, I do think it’s an interesting concept. This author experimented with psilocybin […]
The peer-reviewed journal Genes, Brain and Behavior published an article on May 12th, 2017 with credits to 10 authors. Then, in their September issue they had to retract it because the authors couldn’t agree to the order of their names. | learn more
Great fundamental advice by the group worth listening to. This is appropriate for anyone building a business from the ground up. | learn more