I'm so glad to see in a post 9/11 world that giving up my ability to bring a water bottle through security stopped a guy from stealing a commercial plane to do barrel rolls.

10/ Nonconformist people tend to come from trauma, read the bios of Lincoln, Clinton, Elon Musk , steve jobs, and there are all hints of childhood trauma and conflict. Could optimizing for a happy childhood get you to the top 10%, but not all of the way there?

Looking back at old angel investment updates from portfolio companies this morning, and one powerful takeaway is that building great companies takes a long, long time -- even when internally it feels like you're moving at breakneck speed.

important numbers: - as least 75 different collectors (I can independently confirm, that’s correct) - some track ~200,000,000 US-based phones - some upload location 14,000+ times daily - 1,000+ apps contain such code I recommend reading in full. so wild. x.com/nytimes/status…

Laughing a little at #PDXSnowpocalypse2019... Never seen so many people wound up about getting maybe 4 inches of snow... We will live 🙂 Basically everyone in #pdx right now:

today I learned that elevators have phone numbers so that they can call out in case of emergencies. the elevator in my apartment building got a robocall and automatically answered it, so as I rode to my floor I listened to a robot try to convince an elevator to improve its seo.

Alcohol reduces deep sleep by 20% equivalent to aging by 20 to 30 years 6 hours of sleep per night for 1 week changes your genes by 3% Reduced sleep increasing insulin resistance and puts someone who is exercising consistently into pre diabetes bit.ly/2USx9D2

More evidence about the fascinating connection between diet and cancer. It's not "starving" the cancer -- but rather finding precise vulnerabilities that makes metabolic therapies feasible biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

#SinLuz hace 4 meses hubo la misma foto, Increíble!

Every CFO who has ever insisted that a lot of business travel is frivolous is about to get the A/B test of their careers.

The adventure continues! 🐧🐧 This morning, Edward and Annie explored Shedd’s rotunda. They are a bonded pair of rockhopper penguins, which means they are together for nesting season. Springtime is nesting season for penguins at Shedd, and this year is no different! (1/3) 👇

@Citizen09372364 20th-century Mayan city

A llama stands near the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru. #NationalLlamaDay

How we imagine secret operative locations could get compromised vs. how it actually happens (just finished reading about Strava heatmaps.)

Three types of smart people Type C: Tell you what should do. Often are right. Type B: Also generate ideas on how to do it Type A: Also get it done

30 Years Ago Today: Sports Illustrated’s Walter Iooss takes his iconic photo of Michael Jordan, as he wins the 1988 Slam Dunk Contest in Chicago.

Adult principles, by John Perry Barlow

I don't see anything about this in the manual ✈️#ua1175

I love that when Plato complains about the spread of the written word in 370 BC, he sounds like my granddad complaining about the internet.