May 19, 2023
This week: Things feel pretty out of control. Get used to it. Plus: The Canadian West is burning, Oregon bans PFAS, ChatGPT plugins for everyone, the All We Can Save project is hiring, and more Here's What You Can Do: โก๏ธWildโฆ
May 16, 2023
This week: COVID is over (as far as we know it). What did we learn, and whatโs next? PLUS: Gay blood donations are a go, wind power in the UK, social media guidelines, millions for Black farmers, water report cards, and moreโฆ
May 5, 2023
This week: Solutions to our biggest problems shouldnโt be so perplexing. On the other hand, washing our hands wasnโt obvious for a couple hundred thousand years, and my kids STILL don't want to do it. Plus: Seasonal allergy โฆ
April 26, 2023
This week: Is what youโre working on important? Plus: The cleanest produce, a mosquito factory, lots of rooftop solar, autonomous GPT, maybe, and the latest with the Colorado River Here's What You Can Do: โก๏ธ Climate change aโฆ
April 18, 2023
This week: A very basic way to use a mental model, youโre welcome. PLUS: Mosquitoes, overseas abortion pills, healthy ice cream, German nuclear power, electric school buses, and more. Here's What You Can Do: โก๏ธ Interested inโฆ
March 24, 2023
This week: Fighting over ESG is stupid, risky, and bad business. Letโs move on. Plus: RSV vaccines, the E-BIKE Act, Skittles (?), deepfakes, allergies, and a new season of DRILLED What We Can Do: โก๏ธ Submit your comment to keโฆ
March 17, 2023
This week: What we know โ and more importantly, what we donโt โ about what AI is capable of, and how much change weโre capable of absorbing. Plus: the Willow Project, H-1B visas, blueberries, honeybee vaccines, climate disclโฆ
March 8, 2023
This week: Can little-old-you really make a difference? Hell yes you can. Plus: cheaper insulin, cleaner camping gear, a new (lidless) coffee cup, good news on BetterHelp, and maybe even some paid leave. Here's What You Can โฆ
Feb. 24, 2023
This week: Pulled in a million directions? Wondering what the hell you do with your days? Find your north stars (and become devastatingly effective) with one simple question. What We Can Do: โก๏ธ Please donโt use public wifi wโฆ
Feb. 22, 2023
This week: The future of search and chatbots looks a lot like our ancient past. Why do we keep making the same tools over and over again? What We Can Do: โก๏ธ Addiction is brutal. Help yourself or a loved one or someone youโveโฆ
Feb. 15, 2023
This week: There are a default group of problems that exist in our society because of the basic needs required to be a human. They are: Air Water Food Sleep These, our most primal needs, are more or less biologically inarguaโฆ
Feb. 13, 2023
This week: For the next few weeks, Iโm rewriting and sharing a selection of essays I wrote in 2020 and 2021, so about two hundred years ago. I think theyโre more relevant than ever โ I canโt wait to hear what you think. Thisโฆ
Jan. 27, 2023
This week: Everyone needs insurance. But what kind? And what does it mean to have it, or not? Well, thereโs actual insurance, which is a policy where you and an insurer contract with one another in case things go south with โฆ
Jan. 23, 2023
This week: What does it mean when people say โrevolutionโ? For these purposes, which are pretty narrow and entirely of my own invention, I donโt mean some single moment in time, unless it was a bellwether for something biggeโฆ
Jan. 13, 2023
Across the front of our website, in big bold letters, is our calling card: โScience for people who give a shit.โ You may have seen it and immediately thought โThatโs me!โ or โYou sir, are a child.โ Either reaction is well anโฆ