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The Need to Accelerate Vaccine Distribution

Vaccine Distribution has been abysmal. Governor Cuomo issued an executive

The Physics of Baseball

At any instant, one side of the ball will be

Zeynep Tufekci on COVID Mutations

Zeynep Tufekci has a great piece in the Atlantic about

Battling Zoom Fatigue

Advice for battling Zoom fatigue from business psychologist Stuart Duff,

Might Tech Companies Become Nonprofits?

Given the early mission of the internet to democratize information,

The Future of On Demand Retail

We’ve seen how Ghost Kitchens have started to change the

The Competitive World of Bird Watching

…anyone can view rankings of the top eBirders in different

Reid Hoffman’s Airbnb Reflections

Reid Hoffman posted some reflections on Greylock’s investment in Airbnb.

Facebook’s Antitrust Woes

Tim Wu is out with a few things press keeps

COVID and New Product Introduction

In March I wrote about the impact COVID was going

Growing Unemployment Across States

Roughly one in ten workers have filed for unemployment in

The Fed’s Growing Balance Sheet

Over the last two weeks, the Federal Reserve has added

Making Sense of the Unprecedented March 2020 Job Losses in the Hospitality Sector

The loss of hospitality jobs in March 2020 is unprecedented.

When Nearly Every Astros Game from 2017 is on YouTube

As reported in the Wall Street Journal, Tony Adams watched

Near-term LCD/OLED Disruption from Coronavirus

From Ross Young: In 2020, Wuhan is expected to account

AI: Feature versus Architecture

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about where AI fits

U.S. Department of Commerce Imposes Export Limitations on AI Software Designed to Automate the Analysis of Geospatial Imagery

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim

Thursday’s Links

In 2020 we will see more disinformation. Deceptively edited videos

U.S. Demographic Shifts

Earlier this week the Census Bureau released national and state

AI and Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide.

Friday’s Assorted Stats and Links

“87 percent of seniors age 65 and older, and 71