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The Glory—and Risk—of Cities Feudalism

The Glory—and Risk—of Cities

The glory of cities is to serve as places of interaction between people and economies. Yet throughout history—from Roman times to the present—this advantage has also entailed exposure to deadly contagions. As Marc Riedl, a specialist in respiratory disease at UCLA, puts it: “Megacity life is an unprecedented insult to…
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May 16, 2020
Coronavirus: Why “shark attacks” won’t go down as Covid deaths Sky-Diving

Coronavirus: Why “shark attacks” won’t go down as Covid deaths

Online videos and social media posts with fake and misleading information about the coronavirus pandemic are often watched by hundreds of thousands of people around the world.We've been fact-checking some of those most widely shared this week. "Fake" death figures? First up, a video featuring the right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex…
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May 16, 2020
Kevin Rose on health apps, crytpo, and how founders get through this time with their sanity intact VR

Kevin Rose on health apps, crytpo, and how founders get through this time with their sanity intact

Kevin Rose has been in the spotlight since co-founding the early social news aggregation site Digg in late 2004. A genial whiz kid turned serial entrepreneur, he has since become as well-known for launching a whole lot of slickly designed products, some of them out of his startup incubator Milk…
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May 16, 2020