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March 18, 2025

Interessant3 #132

The Freemium Trap, The Mysterious Journey of Eels, Theanine Under the Microscope | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-03-16

March 09, 2025

Interessant3 #131

Music Nostalgia, Woke Trends, Bertrand Russell | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-03-09

March 03, 2025

Interessant3 #130

Science Funding, Future Shapers, AI Soloists | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-03-02

February 24, 2025

Interessant3 #129

AI Scientists, British Financial Power, Board Diversity | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-02-23

February 17, 2025

Moving on from eu/acc

Reflections on eu/acc, its impact, and why I’ve chosen a different path for accelerating European progress.

February 16, 2025

Interessant3 #128

Europe’s Self-Imposed Tariffs, Copilot’s Evolution, The UK Startup Party | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-02-16

February 09, 2025

Interessant3 #127

Graduate Tax, Nordic Electricity Prices, Thomas Sowell | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-02-09

February 02, 2025

Interessant3 #126

Supersonic Startups, The Trust-Diversity Paradox, Africa’s Unfinished Buildings | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-02-02

January 26, 2025

Interessant3 #125

Productivity, Bell Labs, Putnam on Diversity | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-01-26

January 19, 2025

Interessant3 #124

Trudeau, Recycling, Ubi Sunt | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-01-19

January 12, 2025

Interessant3 #123

Madrid Metro, Rethinking Rape Gang Discourse, Renewable Energy Pricing | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-01-12

January 04, 2025

Interessant3 #122

Self-Modeling AI, Palantir's Power, British Values | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2025-01-05

December 28, 2024

Interessant3 #121

Ruby on Rails, Reflections on India, Censorship in Psychology | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-12-22

December 22, 2024

Interessant3 #120

The Great Stagnation, Western European Productivity, Regulation in Idaho | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-12-15

December 15, 2024

Interessant3 #119

Emergency Preparedness, Fitness Insights, Economic Reform | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-12-08

December 08, 2024

Interessant3 #118

Max-Flow, Min-Cut, Growth Mindsets, Beauty Perceptions| Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-12-01

December 01, 2024

Interessant3 #117

Infinite Water, Cancer Myths, Dorsey’s Vision| Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-11-24

December 01, 2024

Interessant3 #116

NMN & NR Trials , Virtuous-Victim Signalling , Green Policies & Nuclear Energy | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-11-17

November 17, 2024

Interessant3 #115

Digital Time Capsules, How to Ship, Cabo Verde | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-11-10

November 09, 2024

Interessant3 #114

Authoritarian Similarities, Nuclear Fallout Insights, Rails 8 Revolution | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-11-03

November 09, 2024

Interessant3 #113

Growth Strategies, Election Insights, Cultural Geography | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-10-27

October 27, 2024

Interessant3 #112

The Struggle, Bold Ideas, AI’s Cultural Frontier | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-10-20

October 20, 2024

Interessant3 #111

Floyd Murders, Levelling Up, Nobel Economics | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-10-13

October 13, 2024

Interessant3 #110

The Art of Stellarator Design, Solar’s Carbon Cost, and Spain vs. Latin America | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-10-06

October 06, 2024

Interessant3 #109

Biofuel Hybrids, Portugal’s Growth, and Too Much Efficiency | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-09-29

September 28, 2024

Interessant3 #108

Car Seats, Virus Protection, Building Homes | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-09-22

September 21, 2024

Interessant3 #107

Ottoman Legacy, British Foundations, America’s Cultural Shift | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-09-15

September 14, 2024

Interessant3 #106

Feminisation Consequences, Chinese Tech Collapse, Spanish Genetic Similarities | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-09-08

September 07, 2024

Interessant3 #105

Degrowth Critique, ⏰ Work Hours, Niche Markets | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-09-01

August 31, 2024

Interessant3 #104

Basecamp's Origin, Dutch Disease in Portugal, Norse Greenland's Rise and Fall | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-08-25

August 27, 2024

An Open Letter on Accelerating European Progress

A letter directed at all leaders across Europe, to present a set of proposals, which we believe are both feasible and crucial for driving forward the collective potential of our nations.

August 24, 2024

Interessant3 #103

Managing Up, Regenerative Farming, Sex Differences in Attraction | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-08-18

August 17, 2024

Interessant3 #102

Innovation, Urban Paradoxes, Twin Studies | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-08-11

August 10, 2024

Interessant3 #101

Perceived Age, Swedish Billionaires, Cancer Target Pitfalls | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-08-04

August 03, 2024

Interessant3 #100

Understanding Bias, Startup Lessons, Marie Antoinette | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-07-28

July 29, 2024

the micro saas canon

This article aims to compile some of the most influential resources in the micro-SaaS and indie hacking space.

July 27, 2024

Interessant3 #99

Wildfire Mitigation, London's Charm, Near Eastern Archaeology | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-07-21

July 20, 2024

Interessant3 #98

Malaria Vaccine Roll-Out, The Evolution of Cooperation, Causation and Correlation | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-07-13

July 13, 2024

Interessant3 #97

False Alarms, Nat Friedman, The God Divide | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-07-06

July 06, 2024

Interessant3 #96

Danish Exceptionalism, Preference Falsification, First Past the Post | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-06-30

June 29, 2024

Interessant3 #95

Therapeutic Hats, Working Hard, Emergent Phenomena | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-06-23

June 22, 2024

Interessant3 #94

Venture Capital in the US, Shenzhen’s Hidden Treasures, Nuclear Power Challenges | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-06-16

June 15, 2024

Interessant3 #93

Diverse Performance, Geothermal Energy, Founder Liquidity | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-06-09

June 08, 2024

Interessant3 #92

Markets, Simple Beauty in Physics, The Curse of Knowledge | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-06-02

June 01, 2024

Interessant3 #91

Quant Jobs, Solar Revolution, Tax and Innovation | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-05-26

May 25, 2024

Interessant3 #90

Income and IQ, Entropic Cost, GDP Growth | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-05-19

May 18, 2024

Interessant3 #89

The eu/acc Charter, Marketplaces, Redistribution | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-05-12

May 11, 2024

Interessant3 #88

The Science of Exercise, Late Bloomers, European Accelerationism | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-05-05

May 04, 2024

Interessant3 #87

Colonialism and Progress, The Nature of Genius, Economic Growth | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-04-28

April 27, 2024

Interessant3 #86

Latin American Development, Ergodicity, Appenzell Culture | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-04-21

April 20, 2024

Interessant3 #85

Postmodern Rhetoric, Draft Economics, Hard Tech Startups | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-04-15

April 13, 2024

Interessant3 #84

The Madness of Starting Up in Germany, Living like Actors, The Doctrine of Gender Identity | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-04-08

April 06, 2024

Interessant3 #83

Founders' Salaries, Behavioural Genetics, Insect Apocalypse Myth | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-04-01

March 30, 2024

Interessant3 #82

Future of Work, Science Simplicity, Digital Solitude | Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-03-24

March 23, 2024

Interessant3 #81

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-03-17 | Dyson's Universe, Fermat's Library, Founder's Insight

March 23, 2024

Interessant3 #80

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-03-10 | Thermodynamics of Computation, Violence Insights, AI Video Generation

March 16, 2024

Interessant3 #79

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-03-03 | Economics Education, Liechtenstein's Success, London Dining

March 16, 2024

Interessant3 #78

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-02-25 | UK Emissions, Original Position, Macron-Putin Call

February 24, 2024

Interessant3 #77

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-02-18 | Progressive Politics, Private Equity & Airports, Equity Insights

February 17, 2024

Interessant3 #76

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-02-11 | Median Household Income, InfoBrief AI, Disabling Nuclear Bombs

February 10, 2024

Interessant3 #75

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-02-04 | The Geopolitics of the Ukraine War, The Paradox of Tolerance, One Minute Focus

February 04, 2024

Interessant3 #74

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-01-28 | Wealth Strategies, Nature's Chemistry, Urban Development

January 27, 2024

Interessant3 #73

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-01-21 | David Ricardo's Economic Theory, The Downside of Rent Controls, David Heinemeier Hansson's Winning Philosophy

January 20, 2024

Interessant3 #72

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-01-14 | Repurposing Gas Pipelines, The Dzhanibekov Effect, High-Speed Rail Challenges

January 13, 2024

Interessant3 #71

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-01-07 | Skin in the Game, AI Discoveries, Unintended Consequences of Open Government

January 06, 2024

Interessant3 #70

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2024-01-06 | Smart People and Stupid Beliefs, A Critique of Effective Altruism, and Cattle’s Role in the Carbon Cycle

January 01, 2024

Interessant3 #68

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-12-24 | High-Speed Rail Insights, Tax Policy Implications, University Transformation

January 01, 2024

Interessant3 #69

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-12-31 | The Cultural Power of Elite Immigrants, The End of DEI and Woke Capture, Olivine Weathering as a Climate Solution

December 17, 2023

Interessant3 #67

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-12-09 | Campbell's Law, The Uber Pay Gap, The 10:10 Watch Mystery

December 09, 2023

Interessant3 #66

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-12-02 | Monopolistic Competition, Language Models Visualised, Diving into Critical Rationalism

December 02, 2023

Interessant3 #65

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-11-26 | Remembering Charlie Munger, Challenging Piketty's Inequality Theory, Defending Effective Altruism

November 25, 2023

Interessant3 #64

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-11-19 | The Income Gap Over Two Centuries, Remembering John Tooby, and Javier Milei's Vision

November 18, 2023

Interessant3 #63

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-11-12 | The Dynamics of Chile's Economy, Denmark's Electricity Import Challenge, and The Ancient Jewish Community of Yemen

November 06, 2023

Interessant3 #62

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-11-05 | The Ripple Effects of Minimum Wage, The Long-Term Benefits of CBT, and The Myth of Multitasking

October 30, 2023

Interessant3 #61

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-10-29 | The Debate on Minimum Wage Impact, Nuanced Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and Kant's Influence on the Open Society

October 30, 2023

Interessant3 #60

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-10-22 | Revisiting the Crisis in Children's Mental Well-being, Impact of 20th Century Migrations on Genetic Structure, and The Environmental Kuznets Curve

October 16, 2023

Interessant3 #59

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-10-15 | Surf Break Governance, A Primer in PPE, and The Climate Debate Unsettled

October 09, 2023

Interessant3 #58

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-10-08 | Claudia Goldin's Nobel Prize, Cournot Competition, and The Israel-Palestine Debate with Benny Morris

October 02, 2023

Interessant3 #57

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-10-01 | The Ascending Middle Class, Farming Metal from Plants, and the Condorcet Jury Theorem

September 25, 2023

Interessant3 #56

Three Interesting Things for W/C 2023-09-24 | Social Drought in American High Schools, Bangladesh's Poverty Plunge, and the Pump-Priming Paradigm

September 20, 2022

Three Interesting Things #10

1. Privatisatising Sanitation in Dakar, pertinent for the UK’s current debate on water utility funding models:

September 12, 2022

Three Interesting Things #9

Hi everyone, apologies for the radio silence as of late. We’ll be resuming this newsletter on a weekly basis and the good news is we have the next 6 months already programmed, so stay tuned! This week’s Three Interesting Things...

June 28, 2022

Three Interesting Things #8

Tuition Fees and Inequality - France vs USA: The authors argue that a big part of the effect of parental income on college attendance in France is happening in high school. Strong socioeconomic sorting of students onto academic vs vocational...

June 28, 2022

Three Interesting Things #6

Racial Income Disparities: https://www.reddit.com/r/samharris/comments/qa6dy6/many_blackwhite_disparities_in_important_life/

May 21, 2022

Three Interesting Things #5

Extracting metals from plants could potentially limit the amount of mining that is necessary (take with a pinch of salt): Guardian

May 17, 2022

Three Interesting Things #4

Sanitation improvements in Dakar Privatizing sanitation in Dakar led to productivity improvements and arguably a ~5% reduction in diarrhea rates among children under five in Dakar. New @nberpubs by @JoshDeutschmann @MollyMLipscomb @garsjared @lauraaschechter & Houdehttps://t.co/Wo78NT0NH0 #nbermonday #WASH pic.twitter.com/iTQOKGrBAZ— Michael Eddy...

May 16, 2022

Three Interesting Things #3

Greenhouse Gases released by fossil fuel - maybe we shouldn’t invest in gas as a transition fuel if it ends up making things worse

May 01, 2022

#2

Three interesting things for W/C 2022-04-25

May 01, 2022

Three Interesting Things #2

Democracies perform better than autocracies on economic growth, despite what autocratic governments will lead you to believe: Autocracies overstate yearly GDP growth by as much as 35% when checked with more objective nighttime lights activity. Democracies have a much better...

April 20, 2022

#1

Three interesting things for W/C 2022-04-17

September 26, 2020

Love and a Cavani (Translation)

If there is one thing that Portugal needs, it is to attract people who earn well and have accumulated wealth, even if this increases statistical inequality.