What Frank Lloyd Wright tells us about late bloomers The celebrated architect enjoyed two periods of profound productivity — some 50 years apart. https://www.ft.com/content/7219b15b-c614-4a6b-9b5b-6405dc689cbf
Roaring Kitty Is Playing With Fire: Influencer Keith Gill, known online as Roaring Kitty, became a pied piper for amateur stock traders after sparking a historic GameStop short squeeze. But his next move could land him in big trouble. https://www.wired.com/story/roaring-kitty-is-playing-with-fire/
A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels: The ability to easily change prices wasn’t mentioned in Walmart’s announcement that 2,300 stores will have the digitized shelf labels by 2026. Daniela Boscan, who participated in Walmart’s pilot of the labels in Texas, said the label’s key benefits are “increased productivity and reduced walking time,” plus quicker restocking of shelves. https://www.npr.org/2024/06/17/nx-s1-5009271/electronic-shelf-labels-prices-walmart-grocery-store
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads:
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• Why restaurants are so loud, and what science says we can do about it: Sorting through noise in restaurant dining rooms is particularly taxing to our brains, studies have shown. Working memory is under high demand when we need to switch our attention from one voice to another in a sea of voices. All hearing people exert effort to listen in a noisy environment, and unsurprisingly, people who have hearing loss need to exert themselves more. People with autism spectrum disorder have both a higher sensitivity to noise and difficulty in filtering background noise from speech, research has found. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/interactive/2024/loud-restaurant-noise-health-effects/
• The Queen Bee of Bidenomics. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/jennifer-harris-bidenomics.html
• Hedge Funds’ Secret Weapon to Fight the SEC Lives in Texas: The strategic address of the National Association of Private Fund Managers gives it a huge advantage as it pushes back against federal regulations. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-16/hedge-funds-are-fighting-the-sec-from-fort-worth-texas
• Rise of the Nanomachines: Nanotechnology can already puncture cancer cells and drug-resistant bacteria. What will it do next? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/24/rise-of-the-nanomachines
• Why the most powerful men in America are the worst dressed: Twitter’s menswear guy explains, from Trump Republicans’ shiny red ties to the horror of “dress sneakers.” https://www.vox.com/culture/355026/trump-red-tie-meanswear-guy-republican-style
• The invisible dangers of travelling through time: The mishaps caused by time travellers exploring the past are a staple of science fiction. But what does physics think? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231113-the-invisible-dangers-of-travelling-through-time
• The Strange Journey of John Lennon’s Stolen Patek Philippe Watch. For decades, Yoko Ono thought that the birthday gift was in her Dakota apartment. But it had been removed and sold—and now awaits a court ruling in Geneva.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/24/the-strange-journey-of-john-lennons-stolen-patek-phillippe-watch
• 57 Sandwiches That Define New York City: You can tell a lot about a city by the sandwiches it keeps. Not just its tastes or its vices — cured meats — but also its fascination with myriad cultures, its appreciation for stellar ingredients and its desire for delicious convenience https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/dining/best-nyc-sandwiches.html
• When Death Came For Frank Miller: The comic book icon behind The Dark Knight Returns, 300, and Sin City reveals the addiction that nearly ended his life—and how his loved ones (and a determined documentary maker) pulled him back. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/when-death-came-for-frank-miller
Be sure to check out our Masters in Business interview this weekend with Peter Rawlinson, CEO/CTO of Lucid Motors. The Lucid Air is the most lauded EV of the current era, and across a variety of technologies, have become the #1 rated vehicle. Previously, he was the chief engineer designing the Model S at Tesla, creating that ground-breaking car from a clean sheet to a final product.
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