And just like that 2024 is off to the races –

Cheers to new beginnings!

David

• WSJ – It Takes at Least 200 Hours to Make a Close Friendship, and More to Maintain It Working to keep up friendships can be logistically tough but good for us physically, mentally and emotionally
• AoM – Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward With Your Life
• TFP – A Love Song for Deborah – A beautiful essay – “After my wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I nearly gave in to despair. Until I found the one thing that awakened her.”
• TheAtlantic – The Plight of the Eldest Daughter  Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
• New Yorker – It’s Time to Dismantle the Technopoly  As technology accelerates, we need to stop accepting the bad consequences along with the good ones.

• CNBC – How a 40-ounce cup turned Stanley into a $750 million a year business
• Slate – Epic Fail  How a corporate duopoly ruined skiing.
• CNBC – New York Times sues Microsoft, ChatGPT maker OpenAI over copyright infringement
• JAMA – Changes in Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition
• WSJ – How I, and Everyone Else, Got 2023 So Wrong  Great piece from James Mackintosh – “To invest wisely in 2024, we have to decide why the economy defied expectations”

• TheAtlantic – America Should Be More Like Operation Warp Speed  The extraordinary success of the quest for the COVID-19 vaccine holds lessons for the rest of the government.
• NYT – The People Who Brought You Travis Kelce A plan was hatched to make the football player “as famous as the Rock.” It began long before you might guess.
• Allure – Victoria Beckham Is In Control  The fashion, and now fragrance, designer knows what she wants (what she really really wants). And she’ll work harder than everyone else to get it.
• Men’s Health – The New Science of Muscle  Pioneering research has altered our basic understanding of how you build strength. With this game plan, you’ll use all that new knowledge to fuel faster gains.
• Wired – The Internet Isn’t Dead. It’s Saturday Night Live  In 2023, a new idea took hold: The internet isn’t fun anymore. Except it’s not a new idea.