11 2024 July
A First Look at America’s Smartest Highway
Driverless vehicles are obviously going to be part of humanity’s future, but they aren’t experiencing a great PR moment right now. Every day it seems...
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10 2024 July
Too Little Government
Is there such a thing as too little government? This feels like a loaded political question in a time when trust in government is historically low. Government and...
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09 2024 July
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: A Man of the World: My Life at National Geographic by Gilbert M. Grosvenor
The birthday of a nation is a perfect moment to celebrate heroes and the American hero I pick to honor on this 4th of July...
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08 2024 July
Chick-fil-A Launches Summer Camp for Young Kids: Is It Smart or Evil?
This July, children aged 5-12 years old in some regions can sign up for a summer camp experience to go behind the scenes at a Chick-fil-A...
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05 2024 July
How 7879 Is Transforming the Jewelry Resale Market
Putting your money into buying gold has long been considered one of the most stable investments. Buying jewelry, though, is rarely as safe of a...
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03 2024 July
Want To Understand How AI Could Transform Our World? Read More Philosophy.
AI-induced angst seems to be on everyone’s mind. Just this week I was invited to an hour-long virtual session with a group of brand experts...
Read Now02 2024 July
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Do you wish you had a better memory? Over the years I have probably read more than a dozen books that promise tips and tricks...
Read Now01 2024 July
Oslo’s Unexpected Tourism Campaign Tells Travelers Why They Shouldn’t Visit
Residents in every city love to complain about the daily minor or major frustrations they endure in order to live where they do, but what...
Read Now28 2024 June
SpaghettiOs and the Curious Histories of Snack Foods
In 1967, food ads of the time began promoting “the greatest invention since the napkin.” Riding the wave of Italian-inspired convenience foods, that game-changing new...
Read Now27 2024 June
Do We All Need a Media Blacklist?
Back in April, a reporter from the NY Times hiked 50 miles through the Amazon rainforest in order to visit and report on a story...
Read Now26 2024 June
The Next Generation of Political Polling Is Asking AI to Simulate Human Voters
Have you ever picked up the phone to answer a call from a pollster? I can probably guess your answer, and that’s not uncommon. A...
Read Now25 2024 June
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Rare Trees – The Fascinating Stories of the World’s Most Threatened Species with the Global Trees Campaign
From the cinnamon trees of the Philippines to the Patagonian cypress that lives for over 3000 years, this is the ultimate coffee table book about...
Read Now24 2024 June
What If Award Winning Ads from Cannes Became Open Source for Anyone to Use?
This week is the Cannes Creative Festival and so there are plenty of the usual healthy jokes about Cannes being a yacht-party fueled satire of itself....
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