Link of the day: Feasibility of controlling 2019-nCoV outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts While in London I co-worked on a paper about the…
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Cognitive inequality
It has by now become a well-known trope that automation of low-skilled jobs hits certain parts of the population much harder than others. And that…
The Pharma Industry is Broken and Medication Should Be Directly Sold To States
The Problem The pharmaceutical industry clearly is not working as it should be. Not only did an industry that makes people healthier, happier and helps…
Phenoptosis – Are We Programmed to Die?
In 1999 the Russian biochemist Vladimir Skulachev coined the term Phenoptosis in his paper. In analogy to apoptosis (planned cell death), where cells undergo a…
Is Planting Trees the Best Way to Fight Climate Change?
Why does everything have to be some complicated? One thing seemed so sure: If you plant trees, you take CO2 out of the atmosphere and…
The Cia and the United Fruits Company (Now Chiquita)
Sometimes history makes me very angry. This is one of these times. In 1954 the CIA launched a coup d’état in Guatemala and deposed the…
Why is Everything so Expensive?
Everything was better in the good old days. You can ask your grandpa. But anecdotes aside, it really seems like things have been possible in…
36C3 Video Recommendations
I had the great pleasure to attend the 36th Chaos Communication Congress (36C3) in Leipzig. Over 4 days, speakers gave very interesting and often quite…
The Donation Matching Fund
On December 26, 2019 I started the Donation Matching Fund (DMF). The purpose of this fund is to encourage donations to effective charities by offering…
Podcast Recommendations
The internet is full with podcasts. Here is a list of podcasts that I recommend. They mostly come from politics, tech, society and science and…