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The (Ludicrous) Psychology of Slot Machines

Slot Machines are the workhorse of Las Vegas casinos. After decades of design tweaks, the "crack cocaine of gambling" brings in more revenue than every other casino game combined.

6 days ago 9 votes
H-Mart Stays Winning

How the cult grocer went from a single Korean corner store in Queens, NY to America's largest Asian supermarket with $1B+ in sales.

3 weeks ago 18 votes
The Case Against Streaming TV Shows

New streaming TV shows ask for a 20-30 hour time commitment. Unlike network TV, you will often be binge-ing alone and may never even get a pay-off (or the pay-off will suck).

a month ago 20 votes
An Ode to Skype

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a month ago 23 votes

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The $2.5 billion “Project Elephant” will be the company’s second-largest factory outside China and create 40,000 jobs.

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Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America?

Have you ever met somebody who was trying really hard to convince you that they’re somebody they’re not, and then you get to know them and you like them but not for the person they’re trying to be? That’s how I feel about Buenos Aires.  A week there piqued my curiosity, and at the risk The post Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America? appeared first on David Perell.

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Venezuelan migrants relied on clickwork to survive. Now AI is replacing them 

Venezuela has long provided the tech industry with cheap, educated workers. But with the rise of generative AI, jobs have become less lucrative and harder to find.

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How the U.S. Became A Science Superpower

Prior to WWII the U.S was a distant second in science and engineering. By the time the war was over, U.S. science and engineering had blown past the British, and led the world for 85 years. It happened because two very different people were the science advisors to their nation’s leaders. Each had radically different […]

2 days ago 7 votes