I’m sure it comes as no surprise that I’ve stopped writing the Healthcare Handout. My career turned away from the wild world of health tech, not that I’ve lost any fondness for following the developments in the space.
I have since embarked on a new, more general newsletter. It’s simply a collection of the most interesting, fascinating, or otherwise share-worthy things I’ve read this week. Given you’re a subscriber here, I thought you might be interested.
Here’s some of what you can expect in The Reading List:
Most major technologies began life looking like expensive toys. But so did the things that remained just expensive toys and never made the leap to the mainstream. Benedict Evans takes us through his frameworks for predicting which toys will become much more. Link
What if it all comes back to how many houses we have? Income inequality, labor shortages, obesity, social mobility, climate change; what if they all relate back to restrictive building codes that promote urban sprawl and prevent density? Perhaps the silver bullet for many of society's biggest systemic ailments is a just to build more and denser housing. link
A group of wealthy crypto enthusiasts and sea-steaders dropped $10 million to buy a cruise ship for their offshore libertarian paradise. They encountered so much complexity in the logistics of ship operations and insurance they ended up abandoning the plan and reselling the boat before it even arrived. link
New modeling shows the price of renewable energy production equipment is falling fast. Bill McKibben, who rarely sees things worth being optimistic about in his relentless coverage of the climate crisis, is pretty optimistic about this development. link
Thanks for being a subscriber. Won’t bother you again. Promise.
Best,
Isaac