fun facts

The hourly costs of entertainment.

Take the monthly cost and the monthly number of hours and you get average cost per hour. Xbox Live is estimated at $0.25/hr while Spotify is $1.57/hr. ~ learn more

fun facts

The effects of the Spanish Inquisition linger to this day.

“We find that today – two hundred years after its abolition – the locations in which the inquisition was strong have markedly lower levels of economic activity, trust and educational attainment than those in which it was weak.” | learn more

teaching the kids

The future of education (bankruptcy).

Discussion of the link between education, finance and muni bonds. “I fear that the changes in store for higher education are going to look a lot like the painful changes we’ve seen in retail, travel, news, and entertainment.” | learn more

tech, startups, internet

When advertising isn’t enough.

A presentation from a16z general partner Connie Chan. “Believe it or not, we’re still in the early days of the internet. And even though it originated in the U.S., countries like China – that leapfrogged the infrastructure phase to go […]