2/12/3 - The Itinerant Weekly - #34
Welcome back, polymaths! Here’s your dose of brain food. TL; DR A look at the latest in cutting-edge graphics/VR capabilities; how your mind can make you physically ill, or physically more resilient – it’s up to you; why investors should be on alert following this latest rally; startup plans to d...

Santa: The Original Meme?
It’s Christmas Day, and as the festivities settle into a cozy rhythm and my children begin heckling me to open presents, my father-in-law asks if I know the history of Santa Claus and Coca-Cola. I nodded, recalling the tale of how the jolly, red-suited Santa became synonymous with the modern notion of Christmas, thanks in large part to Coca-Cola's marketing. He smiled – “fascinating, isn’t it?” he said as we quickly moved on to more pressing matters like making sure my four-year-old didn’t go...

The ABCs of Web3
The nursery rhyme you wish you had.
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2/12/3 - The Itinerant Weekly - #34
Welcome back, polymaths! Here’s your dose of brain food. TL; DR A look at the latest in cutting-edge graphics/VR capabilities; how your mind can make you physically ill, or physically more resilient – it’s up to you; why investors should be on alert following this latest rally; startup plans to d...

Santa: The Original Meme?
It’s Christmas Day, and as the festivities settle into a cozy rhythm and my children begin heckling me to open presents, my father-in-law asks if I know the history of Santa Claus and Coca-Cola. I nodded, recalling the tale of how the jolly, red-suited Santa became synonymous with the modern notion of Christmas, thanks in large part to Coca-Cola's marketing. He smiled – “fascinating, isn’t it?” he said as we quickly moved on to more pressing matters like making sure my four-year-old didn’t go...

The ABCs of Web3
The nursery rhyme you wish you had.
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I’ve decided to iterate on the approach to The Itinerant Weekly. The goal is to continue bringing you access to the most interesting articles about topics you should be smart on while leaving more time for original authorship.
We’ll test this out for a few months and see how it goes.
The Itinerant Weekly is available on Diamond, Mirror.xyz, Medium and now Paragraph.xyz, and at www.theitinerant.io.

Entrepreneurial Careers
Tim Ferris – The Art of the Graceful “No”
Macroeconomics & Innovation History
WSJ – March Retail Sales Show Americans Pulled Back on Big-Ticket Purchases
The Generalist – Exploring Productive Bubbles
Alternative Investing
Forbes – 2% of VCs Capture 95% of Profits
OakTree Capital – Something of Value
Global Real Estate, Hospitality & Travel
Htrends – Flight Searches are Up 25%
Nomad Capitalist – Why I Own Six Homes, And None is a Mansion
Global Health & Wellness
Healthcare Finance – Labor Picture Improving for Hospitals
Scientific American – Wearable Brain Devices Will Challenge our Mental Privacy
Transformative Technologies
Popular Mechanics – ‘Godfather’ Scientist Says Superhuman AI May Eliminate Humanity
Hazy Research – Batch Computing and the Coming Age of AI
Venture Beat – Socially Aware AI Adapts by Asking Questions of Humans
Popular Mechanics – Quantum Internet is No Longer Impossible
Forbes – Web3’s Identity Revolution: The Rise of User-Managed Identity
Philosophy Overdose – The Mind & Computers (1977)
STEM: Expanding Horizons
Discover Magazine – Why Do Smells Trigger Such Powerful Memories?
Popular Mechanics – American IQ Scores Have Dramatically Declined
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