the nature of luck
A ten-year scientific study into the nature of luck has revealed that, to a large extent, people make their own good and bad fortune. The results also show that it is possible to enhance the amount of luck that people encounter in their lives. [PDF]
The man who bought Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Life expectancy for the U.S. population in 2022 was 77.5 years, an increase of 1.1 years from 2021. The infant mortality rate was 560.4 infant deaths per 100,000 live births in 2022, an increase of 3.1% from the rate in 2021 (543.6).
What Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move? (Earth’s tremors can tweak your GPS coordinates)
A Surprising Advantage of Vinyl
The trendy second-hand clothing market is huge and still growing – yet nobody is turning a profit
Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are leading a parade of corporate insiders who have sold hundreds of millions of dollars of their companies’ shares this quarter, in a signal that recent stock market exuberance could be peaking. [FT | ungated]
