What I Am Reading:
Can We 3D Print Lungs?
Scientists are developing 3D-printed lungs made with living cells, which could revolutionize treatment for respiratory conditions. This could be a game changer for patients with end-stage lung diseases, significantly reducing transplant waiting lists and surgical complications.
Do Microwaves Destroy Nutrients?
This piece examines the persistent myth that microwaving food ruins its nutritional value and explains why it's often one of the healthiest cooking methods due to shorter cooking times and less water.
The Illusion of Progress
This article delves into the concept that not all advancements are truly beneficial, challenging the conventional belief that progress is inherently good and always leads to a better world.
The Latest on Carbs, Timing, and Performance
Contrary to popular belief, eating carbs at night doesn’t necessarily lead to weight gain. This new study highlights the importance of overall nutrition timing in relation to performance and sleep quality.
Certainty After Chaos – The Raw Founder
A personal reflection on navigating uncertainty and the critical importance of internal grounding in leadership, especially after experiencing professional or existential chaos.
Bain Technology Report 2025
Bain’s sixth Technology Report delivers insights on AI and other tech trends through the pragmatic lens of the real work they do with clients. The advance of AI agents is the immediate top-line story. At full potential, they’ll run complete processes and workflows. The report explores the implications for software strategy, enterprise deployment, humanoid robotics, and IT architecture.
Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork
This book redefines productivity by emphasizing the importance of who can help you achieve your goals, rather than how you’ll do it. A mindset shift that promotes collaboration and scales leadership impact.
Project Amplify by Nike
Nike’s Project Amplify is the world’s first powered footwear system for running and walking, designed to help everyday athletes* go a little bit faster and farther — all with less effort. Engineered to augment natural lower leg and ankle movement, the Project Amplify system breaks the perception of possibility by providing an unparalleled boost to anyone who wants to move, creating a new future for running, jogging and walking.
7 Strategies for Increasing Your Neuroplasticity
Language-learning apps and music lessons, pottery classes, the like - are often associated with midlife crises and played for laughs. But whether they’re cool or not…they’re damn effective. Musicians are among the most “neuroplastic” people on the planet. As the Brain Injury Alliance of Arizona explains: “Playing an instrument requires the coordinated efforts of many different areas of the brain, thereby strengthening various neuronal connections. This results in increased signal efficiency.”
What I Am LISTENING TO:
Discipline is How many Times You Can Do a Punishing Event Without reward - Alex Hormozi
In this short but powerful clip, Alex Hormozi explains why discipline, not motivation, is the key to success, and how doing the hard things repeatedly is what separates the successful from the average.
Quantum Computers and Quantum Supremacy by John Martinis
John Martinis explains how physical limits on classical computing have pushed researchers toward quantum computers, which use superposition to process an exponential number of computations at once. He walks through Google’s “quantum supremacy” experiment, where their processor performed a task in 200 seconds that would take a supercomputer thousands of years to verify. How do qubits work, why superconducting circuits can behave like artificial atoms, and how decades of engineering made this breakthrough possible.
What's My Brain Doing? Goosebumps & Other Strange Phenomena
Heather Berlin is a neuroscientist, clinical psychologist, and associate clinical professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She is interested in how consciousness and creativity work within the brain and is also the host of NOVA’s "Your Brain" two-part special.
Nikhil Kamath x Brett Adcock
This interview walks through Brett Adcock’s journey from building Archer’s flying taxis to launching Figure AI and why humanoid robots are now technologically and economically viable. He explains the breakthroughs in hardware, perception, and real-world data that make humanoids capable of outperforming humans in repetitive physical tasks, and why general-purpose robots are the next major computing form factor.
What I Am Watching:
The Art of Living a Courageous Life - Matthew McConaughey
Expect to learn why Matthew says life often “rhymes”, why it’s okay if you do everything right and still not get the result you want, how Matthew views the role courage plays in his life, how to learn to deal with failure, the difference between a nice guy and a good man, the most important principle Matthew refuses to compromise on, the appropriate balance of running toward a life you want vs. away from one that you fear.
Concentrating in Winners | Vince Hankes, Partner at Thrive Capital
Vince Hankes is a Partner at Thrive Capital where he’s worked on investments in OpenAI, SpaceX, Databricks, and Stripe among others. Vince invests across all stages and currently sits on the board of Airtable, Benchling, Console, Isomorphic, Lattice and Rogo. Prior to joining Thrive, Vince was an investor at Tiger Global.
Entrepreneurpoly Explained
In this 40-minute step-by-step instructional video, you’ll learn everything you need to know to set up, play, and master Entrepreneurpoly. Whether you’re playing for fun, running it in a classroom, or using it as a team-building tool, this video will give you the complete guide to turn every session into a powerful learning experience.
