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Cities under lockdown:- LA- Seattle- Chicago- Portland- Nashville- Denver- MinneapolisThis is according to primary sources, like announcements from mayors, but it's a fast moving situation so may be errors. Please
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Fact-checking politicians with technology is actually just the appetizer.Fact-checking media corporations with technology is the main event.And boy do they need independent fact-checking! I don’t think Twitter & Facebook should
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Corporate journo tries to call out citizen for not wearing a maskBut cameraman themselves is not wearing a maskCorporate journalists are completely unprepared for having camera turned on themCitizens should
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The virus may end the late 20th century way of life.Large physical gatherings of strangers will be viewed with concern from here on out. That means political rallies, concerts, events,
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Reproducible reportingNYT didn’t fully fact check their front page story.They just aggregated content from local papers and classified a murder victim as dying of COVID.Importantly, the public then attempted to
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Ranking quality of distribution.1) Direct lines to users- email- website- phone number- crypto addresses2) Indirect lines to users with some platform risk- mobile apps- social media- ads3) Indirect lines to
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Analogy: COVID-19 was a sudden, sharp, unexpected force. As in physics, it didn't just change the speed at which things were going, it changed their direction.Sharing economy? Done.In-person events? Down.Remote?
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Getting herd immunity may not work.It may just make the virus endemic.And if you make the virus endemic you won't be able to "protect seniors" or any other vulnerable group.That
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One of the problems with the “herd immunity” narrative is that we don’t know the duration of immunity to SARS-COV-2.For other coronaviruses, and different diseases like malaria, immunity is not
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Purely with respect to innovation in the physical word, is China: Note: this is separate from moral feelings toward China.For example, the Nazis were ahead of the US on rockets.
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Twitter is a $23B tech company going full remote.Wordpress and Gitlab and others have been pioneers. But now the dam breaks.Tech will decentralize out of the SF Bay Area.https://twitter.com/jess/status/1260244693062807553 Have
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For all the folks arguing COVID-19 isn’t that bad...what they are missing is that most consumer experiences aren’t that good.You're 55. Are you going to risk serious illness for a
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