Vasant Dhar: “In a few years, when we have mobile robots walking around and doing our shopping for us, I can imagine a robot driving another robot home with the groceries. What a bizarro brave new world that would be. For someone who started kindergarten in a horse-drawn cart in Kashmir in the early sixties, the delta between then and now just boggles my mind.”
Jason Lemkin: “Whatever you think about the competition — just realize they likely see the world differently. Especially if they are either smaller or larger than you are…Your much bigger competition isn’t always out to get you. It often just doesn’t care.”
Derek Thompson: “Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality…Day to day, hour to hour, we are choosing this way of life—its comforts, its ready entertainments. But convenience can be a curse. Our habits are creating what Atalay has called a “century of solitude.” This is the anti-social century.”
Megan McArdle: “If you want to know who wields power in a society, there’s a simple and effective test: Who supports censorship? If you see someone advocating for more suppression of dangerous speech – be it heresy, hate speech or “misinformation” – you can be sure they expect their side to have exclusive use of the ban-hammer.” [via CafeHayek]
WSJ: “Everyone is eating cottage cheese. They’re eating it from single-serve cups and plain old tubs. They’re eating it for breakfast through dessert. They’re eating it to boost their protein intake, lose weight, add muscle and extend their lives. They’re blending it with sweet and savory flavors and using it in recipes for smoothies, flatbreads, scrambled eggs and ice cream. You name it, teenagers have made it with cottage cheese—and then made TikToks about it. You might be seeing hunks of dairy all over your feeds, too. Not since the Brussels sprout renaissance has a food so reviled become so relevant again.”
