Spencer Wright

Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.

2014-08-16

Pathing. * The CEO of MongoDB stepped down to spend time with his family. His resignation letter is absolutely touching and sincere, and shows the kind

2014-08-08

Pathing. * You are a roller coaster designer, and that's fantastic. * The practical philosophy of fish killing. * A good criticism of MITx and OpenCourseWare.

2014-08-01

Pathing. * An excellent piece on the (terrible) way we teach math in the US. * A great explanation of Fermi Estimates. * New ASTM standards include metal

2014-07-25

Pathing. * Google's Project Zero is a bunch of hackers being paid to expose vulnerabilities around the web. * Boston Dynamics AlphaDog is training with

2014-07-18

Pathing. * LeBron James on why he's returning to Cleveland. * Reid Hoffman says that companies should be honest with their employees about how long

2014-07-11

Pathing. * The Presenter's Paradox. <<== Read this. * ...and why it makes me feel particularly uneasy. * An argument for generalists in business. * A