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When people brag about being “so productive” because they get up before 5 a.m., is this true or are they simply performing discipline? In a thread on r/productivity, redditors are debating this modern mystery. The conversation kicked off when one person noticed that their early-bird colleague was visibly fading by 2 p.m. every day at…

Alpha Wealth Funds, LLC, an investment management company, released its Q2 2026 letter for the “Insiders Fund”. A copy of the letter is available to download here. The Fund lost 1.45% in June, while it was up 8.43% for the 2nd quarter and 0.75% YTD. This compares to the S&P 500’s -0.95%, 15.2%, and 9.98%…

The most important shifts in computing rarely come from a single product or breakthrough. They happen when advances in technology, tools, and human behavior converge to fundamentally change what is possible.

According to a statement released by US-based direct reduction technology supplier Midrex Technologies, Tosyalı Algérie’s DRI II plant produced a record 248,601 mt of direct reduced iron (DRI) in May 2026, achieving average productivity of 334.1 mt per hour, above the previous record of 328.6 mt per hour registered in January, while operating without any…

Productivity growth is the single most important determinant of a country’s long-run standard of living. The material well-being of the United States is determined by its (supply-side) capacity to produce goods and services – not fancy Treasury currency interventions, printing money, or other short-term fixes. Over the longer term, real wages are tied to productivity…