“Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria “talk” to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks.“ This is a TED talk with a transcript available for my fellow readers. | learn more
A friendly reminder that even the best ideas take time to gain acceptance in the market. For example: doctors washing their hands before surgery. D. Casey Flaherty writes a hilarious and informative post about reminding us all of this fact […]
This is the most recent issue of the most in-depth newsletter about AI that I’ve ever seen. The author Nathan Benaich deserves a standing ovation. | learn more
Last year, a16z partner Benedict Evans published Cars and second order consequences, which digs into the idea of what happens after all cars are autonomous and electric. This series of videos by fellow a16z partner Frank Chen digs into each theme in turn: […]
Their new $1B fund will buy SaaS startups that haven’t reached unicorn status so that the founders can move on to found new startups. | learn more
Telling Alexa to turn on the light is cool, but pointing to the light to turn it on is even cooler. | learn more
Two answers: 1) So far this year they’ve filled 108,000. 2) Not nearly enough! | learn more
“Five crooks held up security guards at a Brazilian airport and drove off with a large stash of cash from a German cargo plane. Brazilian media say the criminals only took six minutes to pull off the heist.” | learn more
“Their pampered birds wear diapers and have personal chefs — but lay the finest eggs tech money can buy.” |learn more
Do you know how many successful slave revolts there have been in history? ONE. It was led by Toussaint L’Ouverture in 1791. Something reminded me of this fact, and I went digging for the source where I learned it. It was this presentation […]