Mo Shafieeha

When the iPhone was introduced in 2007, it mystified its competitors because it wasn't designed for the world as it existed. It was such a remarkable device that the world adapted to it. The iPhone keeps getting better as Apple fixes problems and adds new features. The smartphone illustrates a broader historical trend: technologies usually appear... See more

Malnutrition is more commonly caused by overnutrition (as a result of processed food consumption) than by a lack of food in the modern world. The gut-brain axis gets dysregulated when you eat processed foods, so you keep eating more.

Do centralized platforms always win due to speed? It appears that history will repeat itself (web2x2) in two potential ways: extensive protocol innovation is a fool's errand, and Slack will always outpace Ethereum's IRC, as with web2. Could some decentralized projects look more like an empowered engineering team than a standards body meeting... See more

------------------------------------------------------------- Curve War TL;DR Essentially, the Curve War(s) is an ongoing event where different parties fight for Curve voting power in order to bootstrap liquidity, deepen liquidity, increase yield, and fulfill other self-serving purposes.

It's obvious when you're suffering from Bipolar I because of episodes of mania; it's less obvious when you're suffering from Bipolar II because of depressive episodes and hypomania, which appear to be more normal than depressive episodes when you are suffering from it. The inheritance rate for bipolar disorder in the general population is... See more

It's impossible to overstate how important getting good sleep is for mental, cognitive, and performance health. If you get direct morning sunlight 30-60 minutes after you wake up, helps you fall asleep and stay asleep at night, while optimizing cortisol and adenosine production. You can increase alertness by waking up in the morning, increasing... See more

Often, startups have a new product for which there are no competitors to benchmark against, says Michael Dearing, who ran pricing at eBay for many years. Technology companies don't have a finite supply of a product.