Tucked away in Chicago’s upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood, a number of internet retailers have found homes for in-store experiences along Armitage Ave. They include Warby Parker, Bonobos, Tie Bar, and Interior Define. Now, a new company called Pop Box will […]
Cruise, the startup acquired by GM for over $1B to develop autonomous vehicles, recently acquired a company called Strobe, makers of advanced LIDAR technology. This post by Cruise’s CEO Kyle Vogt discusses the acquisition and their plans for success. | learn more
Highrise CEO Nathan Kontny tells stories about what it took for successes, including painter Claude Monet and musician Justin Bieber, to break through to exposure and success. | learn more
This is a great biography that shows both sides of this complicated captain of industry. Rockefeller was both a deeply pious and generous philanthropist, and at the same time a ruthless businessman who knew how to manipulate competitors and entire […]
“The two Academy presidents Chunli Bai and Anton Zeilinger tested quantum encrypted communication between Beijing and Vienna in a live-experiment. The quantum key was transmitted via the Chinese quantum satellite Micius.” | learn more
“The Netherlands is a small, densely populated country, with more than 1,300 inhabitants per square mile. It’s bereft of almost every resource long thought to be necessary for large-scale agriculture. Yet it’s the globe’s number two exporter of food as […]
“Your Nashoba Granola label lists ingredient ‘Love’. Ingredients required to be declared on the label or labeling of food must be listed by their common or usual name [21 CFR 101.4(a)(1). ‘Love’ is not a common or usual name of […]
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 […]