by Kat Bair | Sep 19, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
Working out is hard. The death of a loved one is hard. Feeling betrayed at work is hard. Making new friends is hard. The New York Times crossword puzzle is hard. And none of those things feel even remotely like one another. This is partly a linguistic failing,...
by Kat Bair | Sep 11, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
What is the virtue of a Dino Nugget? I listened to an interview earlier this week with Scott Friedman, whose family invented Dino Buddies, which is the dominant Canadian brand of Dinosaur-shaped chicken nugget. The interview ventured into territory of the inherent...
by Kat Bair | Sep 7, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
Do you know that some portion of the static on televisions and radios is actually the echo of The Big Bang? This sounds very made up, but it’s real, and it was discovered almost by accident. This is a story of two teams of astrophysicists, working 35 miles down...
by Kat Bair | Aug 23, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
My dad worked in manufacturing sales and once was asked to come bid on a system to help transport Bluebird buses from one side of a factory to another. He got there to see the system they had in place, only to find factory workers pushing the buses across a concrete...
by Kat Bair | Aug 8, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
I love home renovation shows, I really do, but if you watch a bunch of them all together, you’ll notice a disturbing pattern. Somehow, all of the clients’ personal style happens to be exactly whatever the trend is for the moment. How was it that in the...
by Kat Bair | Aug 1, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
I recently had dinner with an urban planner who worked in transportation for the city government. I asked her how work was going, and she mentioned that upcoming local elections were throwing everything into a spin. “Oh, are parts of your work impacted by the...
