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Agile is not enough

Today in funky fungi:

Orchid seeds are so tiny they carry no food for a growing plant. To sprout, the seeds rely fully on fungi to provide them with nutrients. That’s how the petri dish sprouts can grow translucent white, non-photosynthetic leaves. No other plant fully relies on consuming fungi to survive.

that’s not SOO strange, except there’s a few types of fungi who always seem to be around to 'feed themselves’ to Orchids.

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I don’t have enough time / patience to follow the ongoing finance and economics narratives on twitter, so I read Kyla’s newsletter and listen to Oddlots.

Apparently right now we’re between a “vibes-cession” and a “wage-cession”. Is this what economics zeitgeist sounds like when gen X is now fully in charge?

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“If you have to call it different names, it’s not a recession.” - Neil Dutta “Are we in a Recession?” is probably one of the most asked questions of the past few years. Some people will respond with a full-throated “Yes, Absolutely”, others will point to the economic data that clearly outlines that we aren’t, and others will shrug their shoulders and tur…

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7 months ago · 53 likes · 10 comments · kyla scanlon

Finally, some work stuff — Marty Cagan and his books are great fodder for business self-help, and he has a generally positive outlook on things. But this particularly grumpy presentation from him makes me smile. “Agile is not enough”.