Hank Green
Veteran creator/operator; frequent commentary on creator monetization, platform policy, and media/attention economics.
Dementia Rates Fell 20% in 40 Years, Saving Trillions
In 1984, around 30% of Americans were diagnosed with dementia by the end of their 80s. Today it’s 10%. If rates had stayed steady there would be 17 million Americans with dementia today. Instead there are 6 million. This saves us around a trillion dollars in medical bills per year and unknowable suffering. Every five year cohort measured has had a lower risk than the cohort before them. We don’t know why.
Question Outrage, Not Just Opposing Beliefs
The thing your mind is most likely to be skeptical of are things that don't align with your strongly held beliefs. The thing you need to train your mind to be most skeptical of are things that cause strong emotional...
Reason Inflates Pageviews to Secure Koch Funding
This is what I get for going on Twitter... Don't look any of this up...Reason uses their pageview numbers to justify getting more money from the Koch brothers.
Median Drivers Outperform Average (Mean) Drivers
Crazy thing is, the average driver (median) is actually a better driver than the average driver (mean).
Alzheimer's May Be Multifactorial End‑Stage, Not Single Cause
Absolutely astounding that two of the most interesting candidates for lowering Alzheimer’s risk in the last decade came accidentally: GLP-1 drugs and the shingles vaccine. Really suggests Alzheimer’s has no true “cause”, but is the end stage of a long, complex...
Algorithms, Not Phones, Drive Youth Unhappiness
My hottest “I have no data to back this up” take is that phones aren’t making young people less happy. What’s making them less happy is living in a world where everyone is having their reality defined by recommendation algorithms...
Moon’s Faint Glow Is Earthshine, Not Extra Sunlight
Can someone help me understand the light in this image? The glow is the sun’s corona, ofc, but there’s also something faintly lighting up the upper left portion of the moon. I assume that the light source is sunlight bouncing...
OpenAI Jokes About Retiring Sora, Then Backtracks
OpenAI is retiring Sora, or as it will forever be remembered… …just kidding it will not be remembered.
Learn Flange Protection with Belzona 3412, No Instagram Needed
But…if I delete Instagram, how will I learn how to protect my flange against corrosion and moisture ingress using Belzona 3412?
Chickenpox Spreads Airborne, but Not via Spit Droplets
You would think that the chickenpox virus being airborn would mean “little drops of spit in the air” since that’s how most viruses do it. Alas. That is not how chickenpox goes airborn 😬