Economics
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Like other sharing economy startups, FlightCar is facing a legal challenge: a lawsuit demanding an incredible 10% of its revenues. But despite the seemingly extortionary demand, there doesn't seem to be an anti-innovation villain behind it.
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Praise and narcissism do not mix well, which can be a problem when it comes to political leaders.
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The actor who played Darth Vader receives regular letters from Lucasfilm regretfully informing him that there are no profits to share because, at least on paper, 80% of all Hollywood movies lose money.
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What is the relative value of deceiving an umpire compared to other skills? Enough for a career backup to earn a starting role on a playoff team.
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Are we just late adopters, stuck in our boring old ways while others craft new habits of news consumption that revel in the interactivity of the Internet? Or is the future of journalism a matter of copying and pasting articles into a web browser?
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Legalized weed is putting California's drug dealers out of business, as well as its hippies.
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Our minds did not evolve for philosophy seminars, they evolved to make decisions based on limited information. And that fact can be manipulated.
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Two economists put real prisoners through the prisoner's dilemma. They appear to be above-average at it.
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"If only we had known that using animal training tips on humans has a successful precedent."
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Organizations spend staggering amounts of time and money trying to predict the future, but no time or money measuring their accuracy or improving on their ability to do it. Which is unfortunate, since they may as well be reading tea leaves.
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People spend billions on makeup, teeth whitening strips, and hair dye to improve their physical appearance without a second thought. So why do so many people look down on plastic surgery?
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Liberals and conservatives share news in different ways and for different reasons. As news consumption continues to migrate online, those differences could incentivize liberal bias.
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It was a bold bet on the vanity of the human spirit, and it paid off.
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Coffee breaks can be a means to get a lot of work done in large organizations, but this productive slacking doesn't seem as effective in startups.
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Expressed over and over in commencement addresses, it’s a beautiful idea: make a career out of what excites you, create a new path, and devote yourself to making a positive change. But it can also serve the purpose of demarcating social and class lines.
