At first, I expected my train travel to offer a clear benefit over other modes of transportation, such as lower costs or faster travel times. Instead, the train trip, which made nine stops between Tampa and Miami, took longer than it would take me to drive or, obviously, fly between the same two points. In
My sister and I spent a week in Santorini to celebrate my 30th birthday. Somehow that became a sacred tradition, and for the next decade I made a trip every year to celebrate my birthday. I called one birthday road tripping from Seattle to San Diego in a Mustang convertible and another touring castles and
Michael Burry took a break from commenting on the stock market to focus his attention on booming prediction markets like Kalshi. In short: not impressed. The investor, made famous by Michael Lewis’ crisis-era saga “The Big Short,” shared his pessimistic assessment as prediction platforms withstand criticism over how ordinary users are faring and claims that
Tom Holland walks into a room for an interview to promote “The Odyssey.” Your interviewer, Tom Holland, is waiting for you. Last week, Holland, the actor who plays Telemachus in the hit adaptation of Christopher Nolan’s Greek epic, joined Holland, the British classicist and podcaster who shares his name, to talk about the much-hyped and
More than 200 leading economists, executives and researchers (including more than a dozen Nobel laureates) signed a letter warning of the potential threat of AI to jobs. The 88-word letter, titled “We must act now,” says AI could become “radically more powerful” in the next decade, and argues that policymakers around the world must do
There’s an outbreak of a parasite that causes diarrhea in the U.S., so you may be wondering if your favorite summer salad is safe. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cyclosporiasis, an intestinal disease caused by a microscopic parasite called cyclospora, has been reported in 31 states since May 1. There were