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What a woman: American Hero Katherine Johnson negotiated the dynamics of both race and space.Read this about her: http://nautil.us/issue/43/heroes/the-woman-the-mercury-astronauts-couldnt-do-without   Movie about her:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures Her profile at NASA:  https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography   It had always been Katherine Goble’s great talent to be in the right place at the right time. In August 1952, 12 years after leaving graduate school to have her first child,…
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An interesting post from Paul Heydon:  Just read this article. Crazy that some restaurants are charging customers more for meals through a delivery app then in the restaurant. I know some places used to charge less for a pick up order. Anyone know of a food delivery comparison service or app? Huge potential! #fooddelivery #meals After a…
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This remains one of the most empowering articles I’ve read in recent years. It’s hilarious and amazing. For double trouble, pair it with Tim Ferris’ interview with the author, Tim Urban. 

I expected a fluff piece based on the headline. Instead, I got an incredible (and incredibly short) essay that I saved to Evernote and now read several times per month. It won’t apply to everyone, but for some of you, like me, it will have a pronounced “Oh… fuck” realization that could change things. Once…
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What Sequoia is recommending their portfolio companies in the times of the Corona Virus. What impact has the Virus on Startups? Having weathered every business downturn for nearly fifty years, we’ve learned an important lesson — nobody ever regrets making fast and decisive adjustments to changing circumstances. In downturns, revenue and cash levels always fall…
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Ein Startup namens C 16 Biosciences arbeitet an einer umweltfreundlichen Alternative und verfolgt das Ziel, synthetisches Palmöl aus Lebensmittelabfällen und anderen industriellen Beiprodukten zu gewinnen. Im Rahmen einer zwanzig Millionen Dollar Finanzierungsrunde hat sich das Investmentvehikel „Breakthrough Energy Ventures“ an dem Unternehmen beteiligt. Hinter „Breakthrough Energy Ventures“ steht eine Gruppe an Investoren rund um Microsoft-Gründer Bill…
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Christian Angermayer says about Pyschedelics: Nothing so far has summarized my psychedelic trips better than this

Near the foot of San Francisco’s California Street stand the august stone pillars of a bank dating to the 19th century. A few paces away sit the offices of Coinbase, the largest American exchange for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. It’s a beehive of software engineers and young marketing executives. There, the worlds of by-the-books banking and crypto-anarchism collide. …
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It’s one of the best articles on psychedelics I’ve seen in years, and it covers a lot of important ground: business, nonprofit, scientific, and investment considerations, among others. As one friend said about the piece: “Finally, this is the article I can send my parents to explain why this is so important.” If the article…
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Here’s the messy inside story of how DC got Beijing to clean up its act for a while. KEVIN AND JULIA Garratt had spent nearly all of their adult lives in China. A devout Christian couple in their fifties with an entrepreneurial streak, they operated a café called Peter’s Coffee House, a popular destination in the…
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