Once again I am thinking about the time when Stravinsky went to see Charlie Parker at Birdland and Bird interpolated the opening of the Firebird Suite into ‘Koko’ and Stravinsky got so pumped he spilled his drink all over the three rows behind him

My daughter (age 12) texted me this… one of my proudest moments as parent

Yes, though still only under extreme conditions: very high pressures instead of low temperatures. Even less practical than current superconductors, for the time being — but perhaps opens up some promising new research directions

54 40 or fight! (Fun thread…)

NAILED IT: “In five years a number of banks will not be around because of blockchain technology.” -Joseph DiPaolo, Signature Bank CEO, 2018 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Tomorrow, I will be attending the U.S. Tech for Climate Action Conference to explore the intersection of technology and policy with some brilliant minds! Should be an insightful day session. Thank you for hosting, The Tech for Climate Action Event Series #climatetech #techpolicy #TechforClimateAction

I'll be talking with Arij Van Berkel and Anthony Schiavo on a Lux Research webinar tomorrow (11a EDT) about the fallout from SVB and innovation funding going forward. One slightly provocative preview here.... luxresearchinc.com/events-and-web…

Doing my part to keep you all up to date on Terry Riley!

Featuring Lux Research’s own Dr.Thimmaiah!

This week, I wrote about receiving word of German citizenship restoration johnganz.substack.com/p/reading-watc…

it's the little touches, like the droll juxtaposition of these two "Things Happen" items, that help make Matt Levine best in the newsletter game

This point actually also comes up with chemicals and other mfg companies trying new digital business models -- they're used to a paying for all the R&D for a new product launch upfront, having ongoing development costs messes with their budgeting models

juicero but make it eggs theeggcheff.com

Got my copy and it looks great… unf haven’t been able to read it yet bc it’s been commandeered by my 13 yo daughter… she says it’s amazing — and is also teaching her little brother (as he says) “how to be a weird medieval guy”

Car 🚗: Cincinnati, OH to. Anchorage, AK Bus 🚎: Cincinnati to Toronto Train🚊: Paris to Rome Plane ✈️: Albany, Western Australia to NYC (via Perth, Melbourne, LAX)