'Watch' a classic novel or explore its places. A shelf of journeys: "PlotLines" (Plus- the first travelers cheque accepted) Trace steps: roughlydaily.com/2026/08/05/i...
Lawrence Wilkinson
@lhwilkinson.bsky.social
Serial entrepreneur, turned advisor/investor, mostly to not-for-profit and social ventures
Why we pay more, to fewer people, for less choice: "America’s Grocery Monopoly Problem" @themaxburns.bsky.social @damemagazine.bsky.social (Plus- the first supermarket) Check out: roughlydaily.com/2026/08/04/i...
A literature for our times: "'We Shall Dwell Amidst Wonder and Glory For Ever': On Weird Fiction" @clereviewbooks.bsky.social (Plus- Santa Claus Land) Engaging extremity: roughlydaily.com/2026/08/03/t...
The secretive unicorns: "AI’s top startups are barely publishing their research" @science.org (Plus- barbed wire) Share and share alike: roughlydaily.com/2026/08/02/s...
Medieval 'technology': "Artificial Intelligence-- Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge" @publicdomainrev.bsky.social (with @taotuner.bsky.social and lnddave.bsky.social (Plus- Dune) Doing the work: roughlydaily.com/2026/08/01/t...
A sobering look at the state of the economies of the world: "The global balance sheet 2026: Imbalance and divergence" (Plus- the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression) Ponder the political economy: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/31/l...
AI is eating our seed corn: "What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all" @stephenfollows.com (Plus- Vladimir Zworykin) Conserve culture: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/30/b...
The antecedents of the signature con of our times: "A Brief History of the Internet’s Favorite Scam" from @mitpress.bsky.social (Plus- Madoff) Digging Diogenes: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/29/w...
Protecting our culture: "The Political Threats of Vanishing Culture and the Need to Protect Our Future Memory" @lilabailey.bsky.social @archive.org (Plus- Karl Popper) Preserve and share: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/28/h...
The second-greatest coiner of English words? "You are quoting Bentham" (Plus- Bugs Bunny) Commending contrivers: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/27/t...
A story for our times, from (the missed) Om Malik: "We Are Living in Pinocchio’s World" (Plus- Pinocchio: Unstrung) Know that the nose knows: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/24/n...
On the quest for national tech self-sufficiency: "Technological Sovereignty, Big Tech, and the Military-Digital Complex" @ssrn.bsky.social (Plus- Mark Weiser) Develop deftly: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/23/a...
Ranked by the wealth they built for other investors: "The Anti‑Forbes List" (with @ashendruk.com and @timoreilly.bsky.social) (Plus- The Merchant of Venice) Re-evaluate: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/22/a...
“Always create more value than you capture”*…
Ranked by the wealth they built for *other* investors: “The Anti‑Forbes List” (with @ashendruk.com and @timoreilly.bsky.social) (Plus- The Merchant of Venice)
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A trove of insight and a glorious example of data visualization: "The Seinfeld Chronicles: Digital Edition" @visualisingdata.com (Plus- the Buhner trade) Codify comedy: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/21/i...
Once you learn what the "uni-context" is, you'll see it everywhere: "A Philosopher’s One-Word Theory to Explain Why the World Feels So Weird" @dkthomp.bsky.social @agcallard.bsky.social (Plus- Easier Said Than Done) Muse on milieu: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/20/i...
Dinosaurs have become an asset class for billionaires: "The Bone Rush" @bloomberg.com (Plus- Claws) Ponder possession: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/19/o...
A ~90% chance of a record-setting event: "The Strongest El Niño Ever" @zekehausfather.com (Plus- Martha Reeves) Sweat it: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/18/w...
Go deep: "Holes" @xkcd.com @kottke.org (Plus- Little Feller I, detonated) Spelunking: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/17/a...
How one genius fathered both the canning and paper industries: "The Lives of Bryan" @jasontoon.bsky.social (Plus- Dan Bricklin) Devise: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/16/i...
The Soviets did it, and it didn’t end well: "Here’s what happens when you put politicians in charge of science," @thsaey.bsky.social @sciencenews.bsky.social (Plus- the Spanish Inquisition) Remembering the past so as not to repeat it: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/15/w...
Judge a book by its writing- an endless stream of free book samples: "Uncovered Ink" (Plus- David Mitchell) Browse: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/14/y...
What does it mean to be alive? Purpose? Goals? On the idea of 'biological agency': "Is Life Just Different?" @philipcball.bsky.social @quantamagazine.bsky.social (Plus- Ernő Rubik) Wondering why: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/13/t...
A trio of perspectives on the U.S. economy as compared to others around the world @voronoiapp.bsky.social (Plus- Kett's Rebellion) Compare and contrast: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/12/i...
Fewer places to relax and socialize, steeper prices for entry: "The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable" @bloomberg.com , with @garrettbucks.bsky.social (Plus- swimming pools) Recreate revelry: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/11/i...
The importance of building foundational technology in ways, like open source, that encourage its diffusion-- AI for all of us: "Ordinary Engineers, Not Heroic Inventors" @timoreilly.bsky.social (Plus- Nikola Tesla) Amplifying impact via access: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/10/t...
On not letting the perfect-- and the urge to perfect-- be your enemy: "The Cult of Optimization" @philtinline.bsky.social (Plus- Clifford W. Beers) Internalize externalities and celebrate slack: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/09/i...
What America's earliest restaurants can teach us about America: "A History of Menus is a Menu of History" @luriethereal.bsky.social and @pudding.cool (Plus- Wolfgang Puck) Dig in: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/08/f...
100 years ago, we were obsessed with technology, immigration, women, work, and money. Sound familiar? "America, 1926: What a Forgotten 100-Year-Old Report Says About Who We Are" @dkthomp.bsky.social (Plus- sliced bread) Hear the echo: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/07/t...
How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself: "Carbon Captured" @propublica.org @drilledmedia.bsky.social (Plus- Raspberry Beret) Face facts: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/06/y...
We've been underestimating fungi: "Earth’s Underground Fungus Network Is So Gigantic That If You Stretched It Out, It Would Reach to Other Star Systems" @futurism.com (Plus- Spam) Muse on the mycorrhizal: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/05/i...
