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January 31 · Issue #201 · View online |
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đ Welcome back to P.S. You Should Know⌠probably the best newsletter published on Sundays between 6-7am CST, and definitely the best one published by me. Now in its fifth year!
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đ Thanks, as always, for reading P.S. You Should Know. I hope you enjoy this weekâs issue. Please never by shy about reaching out!
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Whatâs liquid breathing? Iâve been exploring the Clubhouse app this week and found myself in a room dedicated to space exploration. Someone mentioned liquid breathing. I hadnât heard of it before. Itâs as crazy as it sounds. âLiquid breathing is a form of respiration in which a normally air-breathing organism breathes an oxygen-rich liquid (such as a perfluorocarbon), rather than breathing air.â | learn more
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The faces of liberals and conservatives consistently differ. Machine learning is at it again⌠âPolitical orientation was correctly classified in 72% of liberalâconservative face pairs, remarkably better than chance (50%), human accuracy (55%), or one afforded by a 100-item personality questionnaire (66%).â | learn more
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Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system. A painstaking analysis of 27 studies, neatly summarized with key takeaways up top. âWhen I started looking into this subject, I predicted a personâs physical attractiveness would only have minor advantages. I was wrong. In fact, I was so wrong, that in one study, the effects of physical attractiveness on judges were so influential, they fined unattractive criminals 304.88% higher than attractive criminals.â | learn more
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Diamond hands and paper hands. I learned some new stock trader lingo this week. âThe slang phrases paper hands and diamond hands are used to describe the risk appetite of other stock traders.â | learn more
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A debate: whatâs an accelerator without funding? Iâm not much of a twitter user but sometimes thatâs where the action is! Crainâs reported âTech incubator 1871 is launching a 12-week virtual program to help Black entrepreneurs start and grow companies.â The catch? Thereâs no funding. Chicago VC Ezra Galston makes the point that an accelerator without funding, while well intentioned, does not help founders build. Itâs certainly an interesting debate. Iâve met plenty of founders who I believe need advice way more than money. At the same time, I am certain a lack of early risk capital keeps talented would-be founders from pursuing startups. Iâd love to hear your thoughts. | learn more
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Podcasts and capital. âThoughts on the podcast industry in 2021: investors are acting as if podcasting is bigger than it really is.â | learn more
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The Presidents of Telegram. Heads of state are joining the privacy-focused messaging service. Most recently the presidents of Brazil and Turkey joined 8 other heads of state. Any guesses why?! Telegram founder Pavel Durov (yeah, name buddy!) writes, âWe may be witnessing the largest digital migration in human history.â | learn more
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Emerging roles in tech. Ann Bordetsky on Twitter: âWhat do you call someone whoâs really great at stitching together modular tools like Airtable + Notion + Zap + Slack + âŚ. to build quasi-products? Not a PM. Not a Marketer. Not Ops per se. What are we calling it?â | learn more
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The paradox of abundance. âInformation abundance, like all markets of abundance, is bad for the average person but great for a small number of people.â | learn more
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How hard should I push myself? Much writing about stress focuses exclusively on the âfight or flightâ stress response, and unfortunately thatâs true for this article. Read this with the knowledge that stress is a necessary part of life and you are not well-served to avoid it at all costs. Instead, you can harness stress responses to drive your success! Pair with Takeaways: The Upside of Stress. | learn more
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Compare hospital prices with an easy search. Turquoise Health: âStarting this year, all hospitals are required to list their prices for elective services. Whether you have insurance or plan to pay cash - find and compare prices below.â | learn more
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The abiding threat of antibiotic resistance. âWhile we expect a single virus pandemic to pass relatively soon, the harm from antibiotic resistance could continue from decades past through decades future, worsening to a point where currently treatable bacterial infections could conceivably retake their place from cancer as the number one killer of humans.â | learn more
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World-first biomarker test can predict depression and bipolar disorder. âAustralian scientists have developed a world-first test claimed to accurately measure levels of a brain protein associated with depression and bipolar disorder. The test could offer doctors an objective diagnostic tool to assess patients.â | learn more
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An ode to Birria Tacos. After reading this, I made it a point to find birria tacos the next day. Delicious! âHow birria finally took off in one of Americaâs best taco cities. A global pandemic, misplaced goat shanks, and fat slabs of Texas brisket all helped this dish find its footing in Austin.â | learn more
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Developments in the desert. There are two distinct stories here sharing the common ground of desert. First, donor nations have pledged $14 billion dollars for a âGreen Wallâ to hold back the desertification of land on the edges of the Sahara. âThe project covers a strip of land stretching 8,000 km from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. Trees and grasslands will be planted, and projects launched to create sustainable ecosystems, supporters of the initiative say.â Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is planning THE LINE, a 170 km of car-free smart communities that run on 100% clean energy.
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Interplanetary biomining. âWe are not short of evidence that microbes can survive in space for extensive times. A favored way to find out is to carry out often multinational studies by placing sample organisms on the surface of the International Space Station.â | learn more
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Ray Dalio on Bitcoin. The now-well-known investor offers reasoned criticisms of the Bitcoin bull case. He concludes: âThat is why to me Bitcoin looks like a long-duration option on a highly unknown future that I could put an amount of money in that I wouldnât mind losing about 80% of.â | learn more
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