A historical collection of our writing.
In the last 25 years, the growth and increased convenience of commercial internet has fundamentally changed how we live most aspects of our lives. It has created new ways for us to connect and transact, and it has turned massive industries on their heads who were unable to keep up with the pace of […] Read more
Dani GrantWe have been spending a fair bit of time thinking about education in the US and wanted to share some of what we’ve learned so far. Below is a deck with some of the data we’ve come across, and broadly the patterns seem to be: Traditional K-12 education hasn’t changed very much overall in the […] Read more
Dani GrantThere is an aptitude test that measures creativity by asking people to name use cases for objects such as a paper clip. People who score in the genius category not only come up with many use cases for a paper clip, they also change what it means to be a paper clip: if the paper clip were […] Read more
Dani GrantJulia Dahl tweeted an amazing graph showing how the number of people working in administrative roles in health care is skyrocketing: Only 9% goes to payment for physicians. The cost of physicians has not significantly increased as proportion of the spend. pic.twitter.com/NJWtsJS6te — Julia Dahl […] Read more (opens Dani Grant in a new tab)
Zach GoldsteinMillennial employees are less drawn to the perks of their parents’ generation, like company-funded pensions, and more motivated by flexibility, autonomy, and access to the newest technology (cool offices help, too). One thing that has remained unchanged, though, is the desire to grow and learn new […] Read more
Dani GrantBecoming a fast expert in a new topic is still a big challenge. There are a lot of open resources available on the web, but finding, qualifying, and navigating them–let alone combining them into a self directed system–is a challenge. In the classroom, the syllabus plays that role. The syllabus is a […] Read more
