Chicago’s 50 wards each have an alderman. How does the city distribute funds for residential infrastructure? It splits it up evenly across each alderman, creating a “cherished perk” of the job. But it’s probably not the best way to spend […]
At the turn of the last century, the city had a hygiene problem. The lack of indoor plumbing in most residences meant that most people didn’t have a place to wash up. So, the city built 21 public bath houses. Forgotten […]
Scientists just keep pumping out anti-aging scientific discoveries. This time, they injected plasma from human umbilical cord blood directly into older mice every four days for two weeks. The mice who received this treatment fared the best on a treacherous […]
Elon Musks’ new company will build interfaces that connect computers directly to your brain. If you’ve never read posts on Wait but Why, now is the time to start. Tim Urban uses his uniquely awesome writing (and drawing) style to give […]
“Until now, bot experiences were just you and the bot. But that puts a ton of pressure on the bot to seem human. Chat Extensions pose them more as assistants or tickers rather than conversation partners, better matching what’s feasible […]
Steve Blank, who teaches at Stanford, Berkeley and Columbia, writes about why some startups win – clearly defined missions. He writes about his experience creating a departmental mission statement to guide his team so they knew, “why they came to […]
Imagine if you and your brother worked together. Then imagine if you worked together in the government. Keep going – one of you is Secretary of State and the other is Director of the CIA. That’s the Dulles brothers. Together, […]
“Some of history’s most famous people from Charles Darwin and Bill Gates to Winston Churchill, took rest very seriously. Rather than prevent them from accomplishing things this was the very thing that enabled them.” | learn more
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner writes about his practice of scheduling 90 minutes to 2 hours of empty space in his calendar daily. “Use that buffer time to think big, catch up on the latest industry news, get out from under […]
Many of us struggle to balance a significant number of priorities. President Eisenhower used this approach to figure out what to work on first. | lean more