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5/9/2024
10 : 24
Why We Killed the Jalapeño, The Most Idiotic Idea In America and Kite Powered Cargo Ships | Non-Obvious Insights #418
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/418 Dear Newsletterest, I'm back in DC after a few days in the deserts of Arizona (
5/2/2024
10 : 24
Why Playgrounds Aren't Just For Kids, Seaweed Mining and a Tech Billionaire Interviews His Own A.I. Clone | Non-Obvious Insights #417
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/417 Dear Newsletterest, Happy May! In this week's edition of the newsletter, you
4/25/2024
10 : 24
The Hottest Trend In Travel, Detroit's Resurgence and the Invisibility Shield That Makes You Disappear | Non-Obvious Insights #416
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/416 Dear Newsletterest, Next week I'll be back on the road for events so this was a
4/18/2024
10 : 24
The Death of Tupperware, a Luxury Airline For Dogs and Why Amazon eBooks Are Such Garbage | Non-Obvious Insights #415
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/415 Dear Newsletterest, It's hard to imagine a more non-obvious music concert venue
4/13/2024
8 : 15
Saving Coral Reefs With Sound, Aruba Digitizes Their History and Why Loneliness Isn't An Epidemic | Non-Obvious Insights #414
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/414 Dear Newsletterest, I am back in DC this week after an eventful talk in Philadelphia
4/4/2024
10 : 24
Why Trader Joe's Might Be Evil, The App That Posts Nothing and How April Fool's Day Became a Landmine | Non-Obvious Insights #413
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/413 Dear Newsletterest, Can we really make a Zero-G version of The Future Normal? What
3/28/2024
10 : 24
LinkedIn Shame, Bridesmaid Burnout, God Chatbots and a Nonprofit That Could Fix America's Political Divide | Non-Obvious Insights #412
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/412 Dear Newsletterest, Will the evolution of God chatbots inspire a new crisis of faith
3/21/2024
10 : 24
Scented Cars, Oprah Explains the Weight Loss Revolution and the Return of the Poke Button | Non-Obvious Insights #411
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/411 Dear Newsletterest, It's time for the National Cherry Blossom Festival in DC.
3/15/2024
1 : 59
The Movement To Stop Having Children, How TikTok Is Like Opium and Why People Shuttle Frogs | Non-Obvious Insights #410
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/410 Dear Newsletterest, I am back home from week being surrounded by people launching
3/7/2024
11 : 24
Waze Gets Worse On Purpose, Why Thinner Eggshells Matter and the Song Released on a Slice of Pizza | Non-Obvious Insights #409
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/409 Dear Newsletterest, We are days away from SXSW and so you might have been seeing
2/29/2024
12 : 24
The Secret of Flavor Dust, Dynamic Pricing Fears and Why Americans Stopped Hanging Out | Non-Obvious Insights #408
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/408 Dear Newsletterest, Why are some flavors of chips sold in some countries? Can an
2/22/2024
11 : 24
Why Bad News Makes Us Worse, How AI Is Getting Lazier and The Airbnb of Stuff | Non-Obvious Insights #407
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/407 Dear Newsletterest, Is a steady diet of bad news turning us into worse humans? What
2/19/2024
2 : 14
The Future of Love, "Stinge Watching," the Decline of Wine and An African Brand That Turned Down $1.7B | Non-Obvious Insights #406
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/406 Dear Newsletterest, Hello from the Dallas/Fort Worth area! I'm here for an event
2/8/2024
11 : 24
Extreme Chair Sitting, the Truth About Paid Reviews and America's Most Underappreciated Government Agency | Non-Obvious Insights #405
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/405 Dear Newsletterest, This week's unavoidable business stories seemed to be
2/1/2024
11 : 24
The Gen Z Gender Divide, a Hidden Village Inside a Crater and How To Poison AI | Non-Obvious Insights #404
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online! https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/404 Dear Newsletterest, Every week a temptation I'm forced to resist is filtering
1/25/2024
11 : 24
The Upside of Uptalk, A New Word for Plagiarism and How To Find New Music | Non-Obvious Insights #403
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Share this email online: https://mailchi.mp/nonobvious/403 Dear Newsletterest, Music, politics, tourism, plagiarism and how the uptalking
1/18/2024
11 : 44
Chewable Beverages, Mean Girl Outrage and Ten Finalists In A Bizarre Musical Instrument Competition | Non-Obvious Insights #402
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Dear Newsletterest, We are buried under three inches of snow today in what constitutes a winter storm for the DC area, but don't worry -
1/12/2024
9 : 15
Brand Dubai, AI-Generated Nonsense, Industrial Metaverse and the Truth About Airplane Safety | Non-Obvious Insights #401
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Dear Newsletterest, Greetings from the trade show floor in Las Vegas here at the Consumer Electronics Show! I'm here speaking and covering
1/4/2024
11 : 24
The Truth About Mickey Mouse In The Public Domain, How Lego Approves New Sets and Why Cities Are Ditching Parking | Non-Obvious Insights #400
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Dear Newsletterest, It feels a bit like a week where I should do something significant. Maybe it does for you too. Resolutions, launches,
12/21/2023
11 : 24
The Most Uplifting Stories of 2023, How To Buy Souvenirs and A Big Announcement About My Next Book | Non-Obvious Insights #399
The most interesting and non-obvious stories of the week. Dear Newsletterest, As we reach the final edition of this newsletter for 2023, I'd like to offer my gratitude for being a loyal subscriber.