Looking for a Way to Soup Up Your Car? Go Electric. – The New York Times

by dldamore

Looking for a Way to Soup Up Your Car? Go Electric. – The New York Times:

“People are going to get so used to the idea of the E.V. grin.”

With a grant from Foundry10, Mr. McCue’s next class project was an 800-volt electric dragster called Shock and Awe that at 166 miles per hour held the speed record for a car with doors until Ford’s electric Mustang Cobra 1400 beat it in 2020.

When the automobile era began more than a century ago, most cars were powered by lead iron batteries or steam, not gas. “As gas cars became more reliable and less cantankerous, when gas cars became more convenient to drive, they took over,” said Leslie Kendall, historian and curator at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. “It’s happening in reverse now.”

*Interesting read.

Ask Ariely: On Gifting Gratitude and Requesting Reply – Dan Ariely

by dldamore

Ask Ariely: On Gifting Gratitude and Requesting Reply – Dan Ariely:

I gave them a pull down menu with options that ranged from “drop everything and answer me now” to “by the end of the day” to “by the end of the week,” to “by the end of the month,” and I also added an option I was most curious about, which was “no response necessary.” It was surprising to me how many emails were in the “no response necessary” category (about 20%) and more surprising how few emails were in the “drop everything and answer me now” category (about 2%).

*Interesting idea. This test gave insights one may not know about. 

Words With Web 3’s King: An Interview With Chris Dixon – by Sotonye – Time Well Spent

by dldamore

Words With Web 3’s King: An Interview With Chris Dixon – by Sotonye – Time Well Spent:

We are very early in the development of the internet. Historically, with really major tech breakthroughs, in the first few decades you get first-order effects. The first order effect of the automobile was getting you from one place to another faster. But the really profound things happened in the next phase from second-order effects: suburbs, commuting, highways, trucking, fast food and big box retail, eventually e-commerce, ride sharing, and so on. We are just now entering the second order effects phase of the internet, and it will take many decades to play out.

*Looks interesting

Amazon Pharmacy Ad As Seen On The New York Times Website

by dldamore

 

Interesting Amazon Pharmacy ad as seen on the New York Times website.

 

Wonder how big of a push they are making? Pharmacy is a huge market. Will have to explore how they are doing differentiation and going above and beyond what other retail vendors are providing to consumers. 

 

This ad was a full width browser ad on a desktop computer. Haven’t watched the video embedded in the ad yet.

Amazon Pharamacy Ad as seen on the New York Times Website

 

 

Opinion | The Unvaccinated May Not Be Who You Think – The New York Times

by dldamore

Opinion | The Unvaccinated May Not Be Who You Think – The New York Times:

It’s easy to say that all these people should have been more informed or sought advice from a medical provider, except that many have no health care provider. As of 2015, one quarter of the population in the United States had no primary health care provider to turn to for trusted advice.

*”one quarter of the population in the United States had no primary health care provider” This is a real problem. People need to engage their friends and family. Ask them if they have a PCP (Primary Care Physician), offer a few reasons it’s a smart thing to have one. We as a society can help our friends and family become healthier and more informed. My thinking it that having a PCP would move the needle on preventable illnesses and those where early treatment would make a meaningful difference.