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A letter from Fra Giovanni Giocondo

I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not. But there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven!...

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Revolting against the Ivy League

“They are intellectually underpowered and full of themselves, because they’ve been told their whole life how wonderful they are” (The so-called meritocracy. -- risk averse people, educated at schools where it's impossible to fail, utilizing the schools alumni to...

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Many startups suck at starting up

Why Consumer-Facing E-Commerce Is BROKEN Sindhya Valloppillil, Helix Men I finally found panties on True&Co.,  an ecommerce lingerie company. It took them nearly one year to start selling panties. They allegedly sold  them when I mentioned them in an article...

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