2014-08-01
Pathing.
* An excellent piece on the (terrible) way we teach math in the US.
* A great explanation of Fermi Estimates.…
The Prepared Archive
From late 2013 through late 2022, we published a weekly newsletter called The Prepared; it evolved into Scope of Work in 2023. Our Members- and Supporters-only archive includes all back issues from this time period.
469 posts
2014-07-25
Pathing.
* Google's Project Zero is a bunch of hackers being paid to expose vulnerabilities around the web.
* Boston…
2014-07-18
Pathing.
* LeBron James on why he's returning to Cleveland.
* Reid Hoffman says that companies should be honest with…
2014-07-11
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* The Presenter's Paradox. <<== Read this.
* ...and why it makes me feel particularly uneasy.
* An argument…
2014-07-04
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* Some touching data on the characteristics of successful relationships.
* A proposal for how the YMCA should take their water…
2014-06-27
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* The principle of suboptimization.
* A criticism of "sharing economies" as tools for self-exploitation.
* "The dream isn&…
2014-06-20
Pathing.
* Pictures of babies, underwater, learning to deal with it.
* Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) on the "pivot."…
2014-06-13
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* Why there are so many wallets on Kickstarter.
* One NASA team wants to send a submarine to explore the…
2014-06-06
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* Americans are less afraid of hurricanes with feminine names - causing increased fatalities.
* Leonardo Da Vinci's resume.…
2014-05-30
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* How Domino's became a tech company.
* The trouble that agencies get into (and benefits they receive) when…
2014-05-23
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* Vogue, on Instagram as art dealer of the future .
* FiveThirtyEight: "The Slow Death of American Entrepreneurship."
* Paul…
2014-05-17
Pathing.
* Max Nisen: "The US lawyer bubble has conclusively popped."
* Quora: "Why did Quora join the 2014…