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2025-01-18 03:05:00

• This surprising study showed that AI chat doctor was better than human Dr + AI. Not what we expected. Patients are going to use the chat Drs so once Drs figure out how to use them, they need to educate patients how to use them best. An AI Chatbot Outperformed Physicians and Physicians Plus AI in a Trial—What Does That Mean?

2025-01-11 06:29:00

• Here’s an interesting analysis of the famous bet between Ehrlich and Simon on the future costs of commodities. Simon won but he probably would not have won so clearly if the bet had been made in other decades. Who would have won the Simon-Ehrlich bet over different decades, and what do long-term prices tell us about resource scarcity?

2025-01-04 05:53:00

• Here is an intriguing hypothesis that most life in the Universe will have arose on planets without stars. Life Without Stars: Stanets and Ploons

2024-12-28 07:52:00

• Interesting shift that seems to be happening in the US as “crunchy” organic, home-made vibe shifts from lefty to righty. I embrace this widening. How the Right Claimed ‘Crunchy’
• The principles outlined here are basically the ones we use for our moving salon dinners. They really work. the ultimate guide to holding world class dinner parties

2024-12-07 07:01:00

• Hook a bar code scanner to a speaker and then make music from bar codes. Playing Music With Barcode Scanners
• I am leaning into JOMO instead of FOMO. JOMO is the “joy of missing out.” Started as a church movement. Applies beyond social media. The Joy of Missing Out: Lessons from a Church-Wide Digital Detox
• If you want more tourists to your spot anywhere in the world you want to get it on XiaoHungShu, China’s combo of Instagram + Tripadvisor. Xiaohongshu has revolutionized Chinese tourism in Southeast Asia

2024-11-02 06:01:00

• China is aiming to put humans back on the moon within 3-4 years from now, years before the US returns humans to the moon. That will be a huge pychological blow to Americans. With Dreams of a Lunar Outpost, China Takes New Risks in Space Race With U.S.