big ideas
Genetic programmers are the next startup millionaires.
“The big-ticket acquisition of genetic design company Cell Design Labs signals a coming wave of precision cures.” | learn more
big ideas
Messages matter.
Facebook’s Messenger team commissioned a study of over 9,000 people in 8 countries to understand how messaging has impacted communications. Their results show that digital messaging helps bring people together, not separate them. | learn more
under the microscope
How does CRISPR gene editing work?
Wired has an excellent writeup of the process that this remarkable technology follows. If you’re at all unclear about it, this will help. | learn more
under the microscope
Brain cells fire more slowly with sleep deprivation.
When you’re up all night, the slowness you feel runs deep – all the way down to the brain cells involve in perception. | learn more
under the microscope
Can graphene unlock clean, limitless energy?
“Researchers discovered that tiny fluctuations in the material could possibly be harnessed to deliver small but unlimited amounts of clean power.” | learn more
better doing
How traveling abroad changes your outlook on the world.
This is worth checking out if only to see the two world maps weighted by news coverage. One is based on North American news, while the other uses Europe and Central Asia. | learn more
on the blockchain
Is Bitcoin actually decentralized?
Egor Hamakov makes a compelling case for why Bitcoin miners concentration in China equate to centralization. |learn more
on the blockchain
Insider reflections on the ICO bubble.
A thoughtful article about token sales. “In this post I present some of my thoughts on the ICO Bubble, implications of the increased ICO volume and noise, and my suggestions for the community to adopt requirements for better ICO’s.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Unanimous AI’s swarm intelligence predicted TIME’s person of the year.
I highlighted some of this company’s other amazing predictions in the past (including the superfecta in the Kentucky derby). They’re back again with the impressive predictive display. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
The end of net neutrality isn’t the end of the world.
So, the FCC vote happened, and net neutrality regulations are gone. But what does that mean? Personally, I don’t buy the negative predictions. This author doesn’t either. Incidentally, I do believe that local jurisdictions need to get off their asses […]