P.S. You Should Know... | Issue #328
Happy Birthday America
my story 🚀
fun facts 🙌
The US murder rate is suddenly falling. This great news brought to you by a journalist who “collected and compiled big-city crime data as a way to assemble a more real-time picture of national murder trends.” His research points to lower murder rates across the country. ~ learn more
Make Scotland wild again. “After 15 years of rewilding at Dundreggan – and a reduction in deer numbers from about 16 a sq km to five (the ideal number for natural woodland regeneration is two to five in each sq km but in some parts of Scotland it exceeds 60) – there are now more than 4,000 species of plants and animals here, including rare globeflowers and red squirrels. ” ~ learn more
How data helped Mexico City reduce high-impact crime by more than 50%. The World Economic Forum points to the city’s open data initiative as a key to success. “With better access to data, municipal agencies can access fine-grained information to create targeted policies, and app developers use the data to map not just crime, but also safer transit routes.” ~ learn more
tech, startups, internet ⚡
Race of the robotaxis. “In a recent video, The Kilowatts partnered with Whole Mars Blog (Omar Qazi) and Arash Malek to see what happens when Tesla’s FSD Beta, Waymo, and Cruise all compete to see who can get around San Francisco faster and with fewer problems.” ~ learn more
Benedict Evans on Apple’s Vision Pro. “So the Vision is a device pulled forward from years into the future, at a price that reflects that. It’s as though Apple had decided to sell the 2007 iPhone in 2002 - what would the price have been?” ~ earn more
better doing 🎯
NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo on failure. "You work towards a goal — it's not a failure. It's steps to success."~ learn more
to your health ⚕
Australia to prescribe MDMA and psilocybin for PTSD and depression. This article says it’ll be the world’s first country to allow it. ~ learn more
Continuous glucose monitoring in a healthy population. A newly published review of the scientific literature. “It is our contention that CGM offers a convenient, minimally-invasive means of improving an individual's health and wellbeing, and in the future, this technology could be widely available over-the counter, recommended by physicians, and reimbursed by insurance coverage for uses beyond DM.” The researchers work for Abbott, one of the dominant manufacturers in the market. ~ learn more
under the microscope 🔬
At last, single-photon cameras could peer into your brain. “The huge size improvement opens up many applications, particularly in biomedical imaging.” ~ learn more
Lonely diabetics have higher cardiovascular disease risk. A study followed 3,247 patients over 10 years “found that those with the highest loneliness scores were 26% more likely than those with the lowest scores to fall prey to the illness.” ~ learn more
thoughts of food 🍔
Transgenic soybeans could replace pork, by producing pig proteins. GMO creativity. “Although the details of Moolec's molecular farming technology are a trade secret, the company states that it has added pig genes to the genome of regular soya plants. As a result, a quarter of the proteins in those plants' "Piggy Sooy" beans are pig proteins – 26.6%, to be precise. The flesh of the soybeans even has a pink, pork-like color.” ~ learn more
big ideas 📚
Geothermal energy: 2023 update. “The geothermal technology flywheel is getting close to being self-sustaining. Commercial closed-loop projects should be operational within the next 2-3 years. They will spark copycats if they are successful.” ~ learn more
profiles of people 🚶
50 Cent has stories to sell. It turns out that “50 Cent is currently the executive producer of dozens of shows across close to ten networks.” This is an interesting interview all about his career. ~ learn more