The ROI of exercise.
Imagine investing just one year in physical activity over your lifetime and gaining 10 additional years of living. That’s the impressive return on investment exercise poses, according to Herman’s analysis. ~ learn more
Imagine investing just one year in physical activity over your lifetime and gaining 10 additional years of living. That’s the impressive return on investment exercise poses, according to Herman’s analysis. ~ learn more
“It could be food or music or people or just the general situation you’re in. I recommend this hobby, partly because it’s nice to enjoy things, but mostly as an instrument for probing human nature.” ~ learn more
Drawing from Dr. Becky Kennedy’s parenting advice, the article highlights the importance of "repair" in management. Acknowledging errors, taking responsibility, and genuinely fixing the fallout can build more trust than trying to be flawless. ~ learn more
Venture fund RRE published their thesis on the conversion of robotics, autonomy and AI. “As models improve and compute gets cheaper, founders are unbundling the full-stack robotics paradigm into scalable and modular primitives. This return of capital and interest validates our thesis: the next wave of iconic companies will build the operating system for the real world.” ~ learn more
“There are plenty of benchmarks full of numbers. I don’t get much value out of those numbers. There are leaderboards, but I’ve been losing some trust in those recently. Everyone needs their own benchmark. So I’ve been increasingly leaning on my own, which started as a joke but is beginning to show itself to actually be a little bit useful! I ask them to generate an SVG of a pelican…
“Harvard Business School professor Karim Lakhani shares groundbreaking research on AI's impact in the workplace through rigorous "clinical trials" at major organizations like BCG and Procter & Gamble. These studies reveal how AI fundamentally transforms work by lowering the cost of expertise—enabling average performers to reach 95th percentile levels and giving individuals access to cross-disciplinary knowledge previously requiring entire teams.” ~ learn more
A statistical analysis. “If every movie is ‘Certified Fresh’, then maybe Rotten Tomatoes has changed, potentially skewed by corporate interests.” ~ learn more
It’s called experimental archaeology: “The project launched in 1998 with a straightforward mandate: Build a thirteenth-century castle using only thirteenth-century tools, techniques, and materials.” ~ learn more
“Is it possible to compute the shortest route through a large number of stops? … Join mathematician Bill Cook as we explore the history and applications of this fascinating challenge, and examine state-of-the-art approaches to solving it.” ~ learn more
This one is for anyone who has memories of typewriters or interest in modern keyboards. ~ learn more