better doing

Undue confidence & a stand-up response. 

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 […]

tech, startups, internet

How to value cryptoassets. 

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. […]

oh, chicago

Animal rights group vs local slaughterhouse. 

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 […]

fun facts

The beginner’s guide to microdosing.

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 […]

retail therapy

Ikea buys TaskRabbit. 

The Swedish master of flat-pack furniture teams up with the tech company that facilitates delivery and assembly. Great move to reduce friction for the DIFM (do it for me) customer segment. |learn more