The New Yorker
The Man Who Thought Too Fast
5 min read · From 2020 · Frank Ramsey—a philosopher, economist, and mathematician—was one of the greatest minds of the last century. Have we caught up with him yet?
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WIRED
The Devastating Decline of a Brilliant Young Coder
2 min read · From 2020 · Lee Holloway programmed internet security firm Cloudflare into being. But then he became apathetic, distant, and unpredictable—for a long time, no one could make sense of it.
Shared by 597, including Bryan Onel, Brett Errington, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Noel Jacob, Matthew Herper, Luca Like, Matthew Turland, John Koetsier, Lauren Holliday, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Euler, Backchannel, Ty, Mark Little, Christian Surchi, Polina, Simo Ahava, Thomas Power, Clemens, Nathan Baschez
BuzzFeed
Looking For Tom Lehrer, Comedy's Mysterious Genius
20+ min read · From 2015 · Tom Lehrer is considered one of the most influential figures in comedy — despite a body of work consisting of just 37 pitch-black songs and a career that stopped abruptly when the counterculture he...
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WIRED
The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming
8 min read · From 2020 · Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus—but first, we need lots more testing.
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londonreal.tv
Reconnect - The Movie
1 min read · From 2020 · Conflicted between personal connection and global expansion, London Real host Brian Rose travels to Costa Rica for ceremonies with Ayahuasca.
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Players' Tribune Football
Where Is My Mind?
~11 min read · From 2020 · Don’t worry about what anybody says. Don’t worry about how your boys react to it, or about what people got to say about it on social media.
Reader View · Shared by 147, including Matthias Lampe, Brad Feld, Liliane Ferrari ™, Richard Deitsch, 瑞拿頭, Josh Felser
The StartUp
Why Highly Intelligent People Are Miserable
5 min read · From 2020 · “It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.” — Albert Einstein
Reader View · Shared by 36, including 瑞拿頭, Howard Getson, Luca Longo, LARRY ELKAN, Marsha Collier
medium.com
The Beautiful Life of John Forbes Nash, Jr.
From 2019 · “He was so incredibly himself” — Herta Newman
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imaginaria.org
SEEKING THE MAGIC MUSHROOM
20+ min read · From 2019 · By R. GORDON WASSON PREPARING FOR CEREMONY at which author chewed hallucinogenic mushrooms and had visions, Curandera Eva Mendez ceremonially turns fungus in the smoke of burning aromatic leaves. The…
Reader View · Shared by 1, including 瑞拿頭
eniac.vc
Companies - Eniac Ventures
From 2019 · At Eniac, we invest across B2B, consumer, and hard tech. We see artificial intelligence as a layer that will power all these sectors.
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Bret Victor
Bret Victor, beast of burden
2 min read · From 2014 · Chapter Three Notes: Drawing Dynamic Visualizations Notes: Media for Thinking the Unthinkable
Reader View · Shared by 162, including Paulo Gaspar, Kane Mar, Philippe, Cameron Yick, Michael Nielsen, Andy Park, Minnix, Florian Hanke 🍎, Courtney Bolton ★, Peter Steinberger, David Garner, Victor Lee, Philippe Gauvin, Ludovic Claude, satchit, Danielle 👩🏻💻, Manas, Vikram Dutt, Jan Willem Tulp, Brian
Forbes
He Built A $2.5 Billion Business At Age 50 That Is Disrupting A 7,000 Year Old Industry
4 min read · From 2019 · He’s assembled one of the most impressive Board of Directors and line up of investors to transform the $300 billion manufacturing industry.
Reader View · Shared by 48, including 瑞拿頭, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Michael Musgrove
99U
Five Tenets of Building an Interdisciplinary Team That Can Handle Any Creative Project
5 min read · From 2019 · The CEO of an award-winning design firm shares his blueprint for successful teamwork.
Reader View · Shared by 34, including Tom Connor, 瑞拿頭, Ines Bieler
The Oatmeal
Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived
2 min read · From 2019 · An ode to the father of the electric age.
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Harvard Business Review
Jony Ive and the Myth that Only Certain People Can Design
3 min read · From 2019 · Take inspiration from his work by making something yourself.
Reader View · Shared by 60, including JP Nicols 🇺🇸🇺🇦, Oliver Reichenstein, philipptemmel, 瑞拿頭, UX Design Weekly, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Gabriele