What’s In This Issue?
Story 01How Miracle Paints Might Save The World
Story 02Porto and the Importance of City Branding
Story 03A First Look At America’s Smartest Highway
Story 04How 7879 Is Transforming the Jewelry Resale MarketStory 05Too Little Government
Story 06A Man of the World: My Life at National Geographic by Gilbert M. GrosvenorWhy the Titan Submersible Sub Tragedy Is One We Can’t Look Away From
It has been nearly a year since the Oceangate Titan submersible submarine imploded, killing it's five passengers which included Stockton Rush, CEO of Oceangate. The details that emerged in the aftermath of the disaster painted a tale of overconfidence, ill-advised cost cutting and plenty of ignored warning signs and safety messages.
What the Disappearing Dining Room Reveals About American Culture
There is a room in my house that is known by everyone as the "Thanksgiving Room." According to the blueprints for the house, it was originally designed to be a dining room -- but it's revised name reflects it's utility. Used mainly once in November for actual dining, the rest of the year it is never used that way. Instead, it's an organizing table for large book mailings, or a work table for curating trends that I'll write about, or some other family project.
Psychedelic Treatment For PTSD Sees a Setback With FDA Rejection
Despite years of promising results with using psychedelic treatments to help people with conditions such as depression or PTSD, the treatment finally saw its day in front of the FDA. It didn't go well. Citing concerns about safety, the FDA rejected the use of psychedelics to treat PTSD.
A Surprisingly Diabolical Marketing Strategy: Flip Your Competitor’s Brand Spokesperson
Joey Chestnut is about as modern of an American hero as you can imagine. He is a household name in for being the 16-time champion of Nathan’s hot dog eating competition. Nathan's even considers him an unofficial brand spokesperson … until they found out he took a sponsorship deal with Impossible Foods to promote their vegan hot dogs. Now he’s banned from the competition unless he renounced his allegiance with the vegan dogs.
A Promise To Graduates With "No Promise"
During these weeks of graduation you are probably seeing lots of commencement speeches hit the web. They are filled with advice about how young people can fulfill their dreams, discover what they want to do next and achieve their potential. This weekend, there was an op-ed in the NY Times that offered a different perspective, reaching out to the high school underperformers. The kids who may have been voted least likely to succeed. The ones who showed little or no promise.
