Matthew Mahoney

Analysis of ancient dna profoundly shows how you and I and everyone are immigrants, with endlessly mixed genes... open.spotify.com/episode/2hKN8E…

It is hard to describe how much you learn by actually doing — by carefully considering all factors, making a decision, and then taking responsibility for the outcome. Unlocks wisdom that cannot be arrived at any other way.

@tobi Tears. TY #gohumans

The most important story of every business is the one about _why_ it exists. Pulling this story out of a business is hard to do well. I challenged our team to try anyway and I love what they came back with. *This* is why Shopify exists.

Setting aside the obvious hill to climb, who’s investing to help the energy companies to start electrifying their own production?

The top 10 drive 30% of all emissions, next 90 drive the remaining 70%. Industrial producers comprise about 30% of global emissions. Much of it driven by the energy they consume during production. 10 companies can meaningfully impact 9-10% (30% * 30%) of global emissions.

Do companies have the power to move the needle on global emissions? A power law says yes. A 2017 report by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) found that 100 carbon fuel producers generate 71% of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions since 1988.

Thank you Andy Rourke for all the goodness 🙏🏽 Rest in peace. open.spotify.com/track/1FvDJ9KG…

Rorschach

@albertwenger Learned a lot from this, @albertwenger. Thanks. Has anyone started pre-foak “ghost kitchens” yet, if feasible, or is each manufacturing need truly unique even in the prototype stage?

There are some major holes to plug in the climate capital stack!

Important especially today to remember. Ruling through coercion is a choice, not a law of nature as autocrats will persuade you to believe. A choice that invariably leads to horrific consequences.

What to accelerate:

@HelenaMiton @FrancesFrei, really good and fascinating work here by Helena on the transmission of culture. Highly relevant to unleashed. Already curious to explore its applicability within teams and orgs…

@HelenaMiton @HelenaMiton thank you. This is thoughtful and super interesting.

When life gives you systematic misspellings of your name, make fun sciency essays.

"Cultural forms persist not because they get reproduced with high fidelity—but because they’re often copied wrongly.”…localized, made even more relevant.

What a remarkable legacy of trailblazing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Fun…

To build a business, talk to customers. To build a company, talk to the team. This is the way.

“Everyone is winging it. Yes, experts too. What we call expertise is nothing but a mix of self-deception, ruthless focus, pattern matching ability, and just enough training data.”

There are many systemic problems to work out. And it's an incredible time to be alive. I'm still floored by the privilege of standing on the shoulders of who came before us. Hafez. Claudette Colvin. Newton. Ada Lovelace. Mary Oliver. RBG. Scott Joplin...we are them, they are us.

Your soul sometimes plays a note Against the Sky's ear that excites The birds and planets. Stay close to any sounds That make you glad you are alive. - Hafez

Design, economic incentive, and moral imperative all beautifully at work “Regenerative agriculture refers to farming practices that reverse climate change by sequestering carbon from the atmosphere and improving the water cycle.”

“We’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished... It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit. It’s the past we step into and how we repair it. For there is always light...If only we’re brave enough to be it." @TheAmandaGorman