This is a collection of good, thought-provoking writing from the blogs and podcasts we have in our index. Discovered and carefully curated by our in-house AI tools. Whether a new take on a classic topic or a fresh voice on a trending issue, you will find something interesting to read here.
Morning rush-hour, Copenhagen Note the numbers of cyclists â and the absence of cars. Quote of the Day âWhy do so many talented economic theorists believe and teach elegant fantasies so obviously refuted by plainly evident facts?â James Tobin, who ⊠Continue reading â
My eyes keep getting better. I have 20-20 vision for the first time in my life. Seeing so much more in a lot of ways. I told a friend today it's like I have Tesla eyes. I know people don't like Tesla these days, but I still feel like it's a privilege to drive my Model Y every time, even though I've ...
Gina Pell on the Perennials, the growing group of people who arenât bound by age in the way most people in society used to be. We are ever-blooming, relevant people of all ages who live in the present time, know whatâs happening in the world, stay current with technology, and have friends of all age...
I was a little skeptical of Arc, a new web browser from The Browser Company of New York. Ooo la la. Yeah, well, I run the Fart Factory of Bend. A small irony is that the pandemic means they arenât really even in New York anymore. Joke. Ruined. I was actually skeptical because Iâve tried [âŠ]
This post is by Phil Price, not Andrew. Iâve had a run of luck ever since I left my staff scientist position at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory to become a freelance consultant doing statistical modeling and forecasting, mostly related to electricity ⊠Continue reading â
Folks who ride only a few times per year and spend hours each winter at the rental shack counter standing in line, filling out forms, getting fitted, etc. have a new option when it comes to avoiding that shitshow: Burton Snowboards will happily deliver rentals of snowboards, boots, bindings, and app...
At the icy northern tip of Greenland, far into the Artic Circle, a deep bed of sediment beneath the mouth of a fjord has lain frozen and undisturbed for 2 million years.
We all want to be a big success â in life, in our careers, in everything. But what if thatâs not actually our best path through the universe? Nathan Tavares is here to consider alternate paths in this Big Idea for A Fractured Infinity. NATHAN TAVARES: The multiverse seems pretty big right now, huh? ...
Archeologists have found a small mountain of artifacts buried in a farm field that show the presence of some of the first peoples to inhabit the Americas.
Yesterday Alan Jacobs quoted Robin Sloanâs recent post about blogs and social media and so on. Jacobsâs post mostly applauds Sloanâs (for good reason); I was struck by a couple of the points Slaon makes, that Jacobs likes. First, Sloan observes that âPublishing on the internet is a solved problem; f...
Another day, another exhortation to join an âecosystemâ thatâs anything but. I could pick a hundred examples, but one that recently caught my eye was an ad placed in the Financial Times by the Singapore stock exchange, SGX Group, promising âmultiple growth avenues, one trusted ecosystemâ. SGX wants ...
I have been sick, on and off, for the past week. Iâm a thousand percent sure that it is stress related, but the doctors at the hospital donât seem to listen. They keep trying to find a reason for it, and I keep trying to tell them what the reason is, but emergency room doctors ⊠Continue reading Sam...