What if sunscreen is bad for you? And all your dermatologists are plain wrong?
Inspired by this excellent piece by Rowan Jacobsen: Despite the standard dermatological position—“there is no safe level of sun exposure”—a growing body of research challenges this view by showing that moderate sunlight exposure is broadly beneficial to health, particularly for
What if sunscreen is bad for you? And all your dermatologists are plain wrong?
Inspired by this excellent piece by Rowan Jacobsen: Despite the standard dermatological position—“there is no safe level of sun exposure”—a growing body of research challenges this view by showing that moderate sunlight exposure is broadly beneficial to health, particularly for
Why the iPhone will beat the ChatGPT slab
Because talking is the fastest way to express ideas for a person, but watching video is the fastest way to consume ideas. Here’s a concise table benchmarking human information intake and output across different modalities, roughly quantifying bandwidth in terms
Why the iPhone will beat the ChatGPT slab
Because talking is the fastest way to express ideas for a person, but watching video is the fastest way to consume ideas. Here’s a concise table benchmarking human information intake and output across different modalities, roughly quantifying bandwidth in terms
Retro Gatorade ads from the South are on a lot during the NBA Playoffs. Who made Gatorade?
Gatorade was invented in 1965 at the University of Florida by a team of researchers led by Dr. Robert Cade to help the university’s football team, the Florida Gators. At that time: The University of Florida was still segregated. The
Retro Gatorade ads from the South are on a lot during the NBA Playoffs. Who made Gatorade?
Gatorade was invented in 1965 at the University of Florida by a team of researchers led by Dr. Robert Cade to help the university’s football team, the Florida Gators. At that time: The University of Florida was still segregated. The
One clever Saudi’s POV on regional politics
Some things he believes: Love Trump. Love how he operates. He’s like a king. The regional geopolitics changed after MBS took power. Saudi learned in the 2000s that it should not let other countries dominate the regional politics. The main
One clever Saudi’s POV on regional politics
Some things he believes: Love Trump. Love how he operates. He’s like a king. The regional geopolitics changed after MBS took power. Saudi learned in the 2000s that it should not let other countries dominate the regional politics. The main
How valuable is a common economic area, ie the opposite of the current trendlet?
Robert Mundell, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Economics, is widely considered the intellectual architect of the euro and the originator of Optimum Currency Area (OCA) theory. His framework provides the economic criteria for when it is beneficial for
How valuable is a common economic area, ie the opposite of the current trendlet?
Robert Mundell, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Economics, is widely considered the intellectual architect of the euro and the originator of Optimum Currency Area (OCA) theory. His framework provides the economic criteria for when it is beneficial for
How valuable is your traffic intel on Google Maps?
Very. Using a top-down, Fermi-style estimation approach, here’s the result: Total traffic hours saved worldwide (2010–2020): approximately 185.6 billion hours Total estimated economic value gained from these time savings: approximately $1.86 trillion USD This assumes: A global vehicle fleet of
How valuable is your traffic intel on Google Maps?
Very. Using a top-down, Fermi-style estimation approach, here’s the result: Total traffic hours saved worldwide (2010–2020): approximately 185.6 billion hours Total estimated economic value gained from these time savings: approximately $1.86 trillion USD This assumes: A global vehicle fleet of
The history of house music
On a long ride from downtown LA for Milken to Caltech/Pasadena to see a nuclear fission demo, I had the privilege of riding with a very amusing House music dancer/DJ/producer who regaled me. Well, it’s pretty amazing actually the history
The history of house music
On a long ride from downtown LA for Milken to Caltech/Pasadena to see a nuclear fission demo, I had the privilege of riding with a very amusing House music dancer/DJ/producer who regaled me. Well, it’s pretty amazing actually the history
Kingmakers, fine arts edition
Roberta Smith, art chief of the NYT, quotes re ten artists on their first appearance. 1. Robert Longo “If Longo hadn’t come along, his art could have been dreamed up by a team of artists at a Madison Avenue advertising
Kingmakers, fine arts edition
Roberta Smith, art chief of the NYT, quotes re ten artists on their first appearance. 1. Robert Longo “If Longo hadn’t come along, his art could have been dreamed up by a team of artists at a Madison Avenue advertising
The 5G conspiracy theory
Whatever happened to that? Every other nonsense idea seems to be thriving at the moment. Shouldn’t RFK Jr be campaigning against it? Mobile phones and autism rates have grown at the same rate since 1998.
The 5G conspiracy theory
Whatever happened to that? Every other nonsense idea seems to be thriving at the moment. Shouldn’t RFK Jr be campaigning against it? Mobile phones and autism rates have grown at the same rate since 1998.
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