Good tokens 2025-07-18
2025-07-18
This one is long, for which I apologize. It’s summer time ☀️
Worth your time
- The Grand Encyclopedia of Eponymous Laws. Also, a giant list of mental models.
- The Appian Way. On my last visit to Rome, we walked the Appian Way and it was one of my favorite parts of the trip. It takes you outside the city, but it was a pleasant walk and there’s a park out there. Recommended!
- Why First Person Drones Suck
- Circumstantial evidence for my hypothesis that American society now values making money more than duty or hard work: Patriotism, religion, community involvement, and having children have all lost ground while making money has gone up. Via Noahpinion. Also Noahpinion on the electric tech stack.
- Becoming an expert by doing one simple thing after another.
- Superman becomes obsolete.
- Let’s make impossible fibers.
- Congratulations to Onkar on his fundraise. Proud to be a small part of his rocket ship 🚀
- The explosion of a train in Arzamas. A great Russian unsolved mystery.
- Sales safari by Amy Hoy.
Things I learned
- Shows like MTV’s 16 and pregnant led to a 5.7 percent decrease in teen births, ~1/3 of the decline in teen births during the period. Via Liam Delaney.
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A Roman trebuchet was called an onager because of the power and danger of its kick, like that of a wild ass. I have a name for my next company. Via ACOUP.
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The only place in California that can serve alcohol until 4 am is the VIP club in the Intuit Dome. Via my friend Graham.
- Humans are unique among mammals for not creating their own vitamin C. Most mammals, except humans, guinea pigs, and some bats are able to d this. From Survival of the Sickest via Chris.
Musings
Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist” — Audrey Hepburn (via the Browser)
An emerging pattern I’ve seen with AI start ups is connecting software with physical processes in order to create a durable edge.