The Second Little Pig was Right – Build more with wood
www.economist.com/leaders/2019/01/05/why-more-buildings-should-be-made-of-wood
Category: Commentary
Thoughtful commentary ( as usual) – Tim O’Reilly’s argument against Reid Hoffman’s “Blitzscaling” — Quartz
Blitzscaling promises to teach techniques that are “the lightning fast path to building massively valuable companies.” But it’s not a recipe for success—it’s survivorship bias masquerading as a strategy. — Read More …
Gene Drives – great potential but in need of some rules
www.economist.com/node/21753592
Why BC’s Carbon Tax Worked | The Tyee
Good article on how to implement a carbon tax. Ramp up slowly. Make it revenue neutral. Use revenue to help citizens adversely affected by it. Two shrewd components prevented a Read More …
The year of reading women authors
An interesting idea – might give it a try. www.ft.com/content/99936410-fdf8-11e8-aebf-99e208d3e521
Smart cost effective medical ideas
Love to see smart design like this. www.economist.com/node/21749692
Delay Deny Deflect – just about says it all really…
Why I will eventually quit Facebook. I just don’t trust them.
Heredity – more complex than we thought
Looks fascinating. One more for the reading list! London Review of Books — Read on www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n20/meehan-crist/race-doesnt-come-into-it
Read at least one book about your destination
One of the things I like about Walk Japan trip is that they send you a reading list for your trip. www.ft.com/content/8d4e616a-debc-11e8-8f50-cbae5495d92b
Fascinating article on colour & chemistry, science & art
http://nyer.cm/akZzTnS