Link of the day: Pandemic forces polio eradication group to halt campaigns “We are caught between two terrible situations,” says GPEI head Michel Zaffran of…
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Saturday, 04.02.2020 – Why Prediction Markets Are Sometimes Bad At Predicting
Link of the day: Why prediction markets are bad at predicting who’ll be president Some odds offered on prediction markets are really weird. Currently, shares…
Thursday, 02.04.2020 – On Armchair Epidemiology. And On Being Wrong.
Link of the day: Scott Aaronson’s “On Armchair Epidemiology” A viral article implores us to “flatten the curve of armchair epidemiology”—that is, to listen only…
Thursday, 31.03.2020 – How To Make Really Good Bread
Link of the day: No-Knead Bread Recipe by the New York Times So this is an usual one on this blog I guess and I…
Saturday, 28.03.2020 – The Cost Of Thriving
Link of the day: The cost of thriving (German). Also this article on Vox for the counterarguments and a full report My friend Jan alerted…
Tuesday, 24.03.2020 – Face Masks Work
Edit: The much better link to read is probably this: SlateStarCodex on Facesmasks – Much more than you wanted to know. Link of the day:…
Monday, 23.03.2020 – How Cars Conquered Cities
Link of the day: Did Cars Save Our Cities From Horses? There is an interesting story that cars helped to make cities much cleaner in…
Sunday, 22.03.2020 – Rethinking Aviation
Link of the day: Why did the half-plane, half-helicopter not work? For quite a while now I have been thinking about green air travel. The…
Thursday, 19.02.2020 – A History Of Global Living Conditions
Link of the day: In the long term, global living conditions are improving rapidly Sometimes it is good to keep a positive perspective on the…
Monday, 16.03.2020 – A Very Nice Illustration Of The Effects Of Social Distancing
Link of the day: A simulated outbreak illustration by the Washington Post Nice visual illustration of the effect of different measures to slow down the…