According to the Cleveland Clinic, “Your pineal gland is a tiny endocrine gland in the middle of your brain that helps regulate your body’s circadian rhythm by secreting the hormone melatonin… Circadian rhythms are physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle. These natural processes respond primarily to light and dark.”
Continue reading “Pineal gland helps regulate circadian rhythm”Visible light is only 0.0035 percent of the electromagnetic spectrum
An article on the U.S. Department of Energy website by the National Nuclear Security Administration titled Visible Light: Eye-opening research at NNSA (17 October 2018) states:
“The entire rainbow of radiation observable to the human eye only makes up a tiny portion of the electromagnetic spectrum – about 0.0035 percent. This range of wavelengths is known as visible light.”
Continue reading “Visible light is only 0.0035 percent of the electromagnetic spectrum”Value Destruction at Nike
Massimo Giunco posted an article on LinkedIn titled Nike: An Epic Saga of Value Destruction (28 July 2024).
Continue reading “Value Destruction at Nike”Postage is going up again. USPS in a death spiral
Chris Isidore wrote an article for CNN titled Postage is going up again. You should care, even if you don’t send mail.
Continue reading “Postage is going up again. USPS in a death spiral”Rory Sutherland on ROI and Opportunity Cost
Camille Moore asked Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, “What do you see as the biggest problem that’s facing branding right now?”
Continue reading “Rory Sutherland on ROI and Opportunity Cost”The purpose of journalism is to get the story and tell the story.
Peggy Noonan wrote a column titled The Purpose of Journalism Is to Get the Story (27 June 2024).
Continue reading “The purpose of journalism is to get the story and tell the story.”When clients hire us, they don’t want to hire people who are like themselves. They have enough of that already.
Paul Worthington wrote an article titled Where Are All the T-Shirts? for his Off Kilter newsletter, volume 177.
Continue reading “When clients hire us, they don’t want to hire people who are like themselves. They have enough of that already.”Payoff from AI Projects is Dismal
Thomas Claburn wrote an article for The Register titled Payoff from AI Projects is Dismal, Biz Leaders Complain (12 June 2024).
Continue reading “Payoff from AI Projects is Dismal”AI has an Uber problem… Capital is not a strategy
Tim O’Reilly wrote an article for The Information titled AI Has an Uber Problem: a handful of deep-pocketed investors distorts the market, fueling a race for monopoly that inhibits product-market fit. (pay wall)
Continue reading “AI has an Uber problem… Capital is not a strategy”Natalie Wexler on the declining literacy skills of college students
Natalie Wexler wrote an article titled The College Kids are Not All Right (2 June 2024).
« Reports from professors point to an alarming decline in cognitive capabilities, even at selective institutions… College professors are reporting that their students are no longer capable of reading or writing the kinds of complex texts that used to be routine assignments. »
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