Society - Super Cities

Super Cities №277—The Cost of Beating COVID

Suppression would include mandatory state-enforced quarantines, widespread school and business closures, and country-wide social distancing.

Community

Super Cities №265—The Hidden Cost of Parenthood

Before I had a kid, I often heard that raising children “takes a village.” Economically, the reality is much harsher.

Cybersecurity

Super Cities №255—Fast Food or Peace of Mind

In addition to changing passwords and other standard how-tos, good cyber hygiene would focus on minimizing our attack area.

Society

Super Cities №225—Get it Together, America

Six companies distributed 56 billion opioid pills between 2006 and 2012. 47,000 Americans died of an opioid overdose in 2017.

Innovation

Super Cities №219—Why We Should Go Home

Young people should explore the world. They should experience and learn from it. But wouldn't it be great if they could, as thriving professionals, bring those experiences back to the communities that raised them?

Geopolitics

Super Cities №218—When Extreme Wrongness Reigns

Imagine thinking that every other Democrat you meet is unpatriotic – or that every other Republican you meet is insensitive to racism.

Culture

Super Cities №192 — From The Ashes

The human spirit loves a story of redemption.

Society

Super Cities №187 — Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Won't you be my neighbor? What a beautiful, elegant question.

Facebook

Super Cities №185 — Stop Bullshitting Me, Mark

Mark Zuckerberg has always been unintentionally naive but is now deliberatively full of shit.

History

Super Cities №177 — How Traditions Start and Grow

For a people who fought a revolution over executive authority, Americans sure love their presidents.

Virtual Reality

Super Cities №175 — NEW POD: Virtual Reality, Policing, and Design

On this episode of Super Cities, we do a deep dive with Oliver Noteware and Alice Formwalt, co-founders of Street Smart VR

Society

Super Cities №174 — Aging Together, Dying Alone

My neighbors add a richness to our community that money cannot buy.

Innovation

Super Cities №172 — Starving Female Founders

Out of the $130 billion raised from venture capital firms in 2018, all-male teams received 76%. All-female teams received 2.2%.

Investing

Super Cities №163 — In 2019, Yourself and Your Tribe

The best advice I have ever received is so simple it is silly: invest in yourself.

Innovation

Super Cities №158 — Part Two: Hard Things, Accountability, and The Slow Death of American…

“…Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.”

Society

Super Cities №155 — Walking Capitalism

There’s one thing social networks can never replace: physical interactions between people.

Innovation

Super Cities №152 — Introducing the Super Cities Podcast and Brand

Our new podcast, Super Cities, is live! Please share, review and subscribe to Super Cities!

Twitter

Super Cities №148 — Drinking Poison

The blue bird and its deranged disciples spew venom and, worse, get high from the toxins.

Leadership

Super Cities №147 — The Superpower of Encouragement

People can find similar types of life-changing encouragement anywhere.

Society

Super Cities №145 — Larry Summers Surreal Epiphany

He has literally promoted policies for people and places he did not understand.

Business

Super Cities №141 — Case study: The Ethics of Innovation

Juul’s mission is “to improve the lives of the world’s one billion adult smokers” by helping them “move to reduced risk products.”

Health

Super Cities №135 — The Scourge of Isolation

I suspect that a significant part of the next generation of innovation will focus on wellness: deep connections in a world of shallow technology.

Entrepreneurship

Super Cities №114 - Innovation, Young and Old

The largest American companies, by market cap, are Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft. Each company was started by founders in their 20s.

Mental Models

Super Cities №113 - The Ten Percent Rules, and How They Help

If life cooperates, I would love to work for another fifty years. Each new project — the big ones worth doing — will require at least five years of work.