This is a copy of an email I just received from Number Two Son's fifth-grade (Elementary School) teacher - this is Barrington Il's Public School TAG program. I think it captures the awesomeness of the Self Contained program there... (see also 2009-10-15-BarringtonTag) (more)

Real Estate Investing for Dummies by Eric Tyson (Author), Robert S. Griswold (Author) (more)

Garry Tan (Chinese: 陳嘉興; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Ka-heng; born 1981) is a Canadian-American venture capitalist and executive who is the CEO of Y Combinator and a founder of Initialized Capital.[2] He previously co-founded Posterous and Posthaven.[3] He was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, and previously a partner at Y Combinator.[4] Tan is also known for his engagement in San Francisco politics, both as a commenter on social media and as a political donor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Tan (more)

series of TimeLine-s from Big Bang to the present. (more)

Dan Shipper: The Two-slice Team. For the past two decades, Amazon’s “two-pizza-team rule” has been the gold standard for team size. (more)

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Welfare for old people who already have money. :) (more)

a HealthCare government-assistance program (more)

BrainTrust series of novels by Marc Stiegler - ASIN:B086RX2Y2Z (more)

Author of Earth Web (EarthWeb Book), BrainTrust (Stiegler BrainTrust) series, many others. http://www.skyhunter.com/marc.html Marc was part of the Xanadu project at AutoDesk for a while. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Stiegler (more)

Notebooks story by Imogen Clarke. I first found out about the notebooks from David. Interesting that somebody so pedestrian would change my life, but I suppose it had to come from somebody. (more)

‘Kind of amazing.’ A brain game can cut dementia risk by 25 percent, study shows. People who spent about two hours a week pinpointing flashing objects on a computer screen dramatically lowered their risk of dementia — including Alzheimer’s — 20 years later. (more)

Double Decision (more)

Dementia is the general name for a decline in cognitive abilities that impacts a person's ability to perform everyday activities. This typically involves problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. Aside from memory impairment and a disruption in thought patterns, the most common symptoms include emotional problems, difficulties with language, and decreased motivation... Several diseases and injuries to the brain such as a stroke can give rise to dementia. However, the most common cause is Alzheimer's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia (more)

Michelle Amponsah: It’s Not Too Late to Avert Dementia After Age 60, US Study Shows. The key takeaways are to "move more, sit less, add color to your plate, learn something new, and stay connected," Baker said. (more)

LEANSpark - Your AI Co-Founder - from Ash Maurya (more)

Guthrie Abduction Caught On Non-Member Nest Camera. Google didn’t immediately respond to questions from The Associated Press about how the footage of the masked person was captured while the camera was apparently disconnected. They also didn’t clarify how the footage was extracted from “backend servers” even though law enforcement said Nancy Guthrie didn’t have a subscription. However, Google’s privacy policy… makes it clear that videos can be captured when a device is offline.

Ash Maurya: Most founders guess. The best ones stress-test. (more)

Category Pirates: What happens when you launch a book in public? On March 17, our new book, Creator Capitalist, launches—and instead of quietly hoping the algorithm notices, we're doing our Lightning Strike for the book in public. (more)

Rob Walling: As a founder, here's what you should be focused on versus hand off to someone else.* (more)