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Kyle Block2020/05/21< 1 min read

Saving For a Rainy Day/Week/Month/Year

The IRS may have put Santa out of business this year. Why wait in line to sit on his lap when you can do nothing and get cash in your bank account?
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Nina Sabarre2020/05/07< 1 min read

Sharing is for Socialism

Why restrict the sharing economy just to rides around town and a complete stranger’s apartment? Surely there has to be an interest in renting big-ticket household items on demand. ...
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Brendon Ellis2020/05/07< 1 min read

Take Me Out to the Food Court

What better way to whet sports fans’ appetite for the next opening day — whenever that is — than with a competition over the best concession munchies?
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Kyle Block2020/05/071 min read

You Are What You Feed

People often describe their personalities in terms of animals: “curious like a cat,” “loyal like a dog.” This got us wondering how personalities are correlated with pet preference?
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Thomas Vladeck2020/04/241 min read

Are We There Yet?

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Kyle Block2020/04/241 min read

Farm to Formica

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Nina Sabarre2020/04/24< 1 min read

Yes, Netflix, We're Still Watching

Remember your New Year’s Resolution from 1999 to start growing your own heirloom tomatoes? Read one book a month? Read one book a month in a new language? Well, lockdown is the ...
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Kyle Block2020/04/241 min read

Zoomed Out

Yes, most of us are shuttered in. But we’re still making decisions on how to spend our time and — conveniently — Gradient’s preferred quarantine activity is modeling how people ...
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Kyle Block2020/04/10< 1 min read

We’re in a Love-Hate Relationship

Starbucks, with its 15,000+ locations across the county, is the most divisive brand. Half of Americans couldn’t get through a day without a grande Pike Place and the other half ...
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