A historical collection of our writing.
Hanel BavejaIn “Illness as Metaphor”, Susan Sontag wrote “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and the kingdom of the sick…sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.” Even though Sontag’s book was […] Read more
Fred WilsonLong-time readers know that I am a big Citibike fan. Citibike is the name of NYC’s bike-share program. I have been blogging about it since it launched in the spring of 2013, eight years ago now. I wrote this at the time. Since it started getting warm in NYC about a month ago, I have […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWith new Covid cases down 30% in the last two weeks and partially vaccinated people approaching 50%, NYC seems ready to start getting back to work. I have been going to the office several days a week for the last two weeks and will be there again today. As my USV colleagues get fully vaccinated, […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Having enjoyed Michael Pollan’s “How to Change Your Mind” on psychedelics (in particular psilocybin), I was intrigued by a book that goes much broader on drug use: Dr. Carl Hart ’s “Drug Use for Grown Ups .” Hart is a professor of psychology at Columbia and is basing this book on both his research […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Co-authored by Hannah Murdoch The language of commerce has always been visual. Tiffany’s published their Blue Book in 1845, the first direct-mail catalogue in the United States. The publication distributed pages of the world’s finest jewels to customers who couldn’t reach their New York showroom. […] Read more
Fred WilsonI backed this art program for teens this morning. I think summer programs for kids are important and particularly important this summer when we are hopefully beginning to emerge from more than a year of remote learning and social distancing. For email readers, you can see the video here . USV TEAM […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
