First of all, if you don't know Visual Capitalist, it's a really cool site. They put together great graphics like the one below. Here's a visualization of the countries most reliant on tourism. Plotted along the y-axis you'll find the percentage … [Continue reading] about Visualizing the Countries Most Reliant on Tourism
I learned something recently from Ron Finley, the Gangster Gardener. He said that if you have soil that's been poisoned, by lead paint falling off of your house or some other happenstance, hope isn't lost. To reclaim it, you can look right back at … [Continue reading] about Nature Corrects Our Mistakes
If you've just finished The Last Dance, you're probably hungry for more sports content. To fill the void, Kendall Baker of Axios put out this list of the top 50 sports documentaries. It's an excellent assortment. My favorites on the list: Icarus, … [Continue reading] about The 50 Greatest Sports Documentaries
If you would have told me a year ago that during the coming pandemic certain products would be flying off the shelves, I wouldn't have been surprised. Hand sanitizer, canned goods, even toilet paper - sure. But flour? I didn't see the collective … [Continue reading] about When Demand Rises: Inside King Arthur Flour
Here's a quote from author Michael Lewis (Moneyball, The Big Short) on the stories we tell ourselves: "As I’ve gotten older—I would say starting in my mid-to-late 20s—I could not help but notice the effect on people of the stories they told about … [Continue reading] about Michael Lewis on Self Talk