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Ethan Mollick@emollick
Construction skills really haven’t kept pace with other forms of tech progress over the last five millennia. To build the Great Pyramid:
Then: 4,000 workers & 20 years with sleds and ropes
Now: 1,500 to 2,000 workers & 5 years and it would cost $5 billion
nbcnews.com
How much would it cost to build the Great Pyramid today?
11:40 PM · Oct 22, 2021
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Interesting to see a long term perspective on construction capabilites falling behind.
Max Ghenis@MaxGhenis
Could this childcare program be any worse
peoplespolicyproject.org/2021/10/18/a-r…
1:53 AM · Oct 23, 2021
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So much useless paperwork!
Josh Marshall@joshtpm
the barons of our economic order all seem close to functionally illiterate about macroeconomics.
jack⚡️ @jack
Hyperinflation is going to change everything. It’s happening.
3:00 AM · Oct 23, 2021
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I'd like to think that he simply doesn't understand what 'hyperinflation' is, rather than literally thinking that it will happen.
Charlie BRAIN WORMS Stross@cstross
White House delays release of JFK assassination files "to protect against identifiable harm":
My guess: someone informed on Lee Harvey Oswald and the report of the impending attack was ignored. Imperative to avoid embarrassment!
cbsnews.com
White House delays release of JFK assassination files “to protect against identifiable harm”
3:50 PM · Oct 23, 2021
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My favorite theory is the "Oswald wounded JFK but the killing shot was a misfire from a secret service agent"
Massimo@Rainmaker1973
Auto-targeting fire sprinkler systems are intelligent fire extinguishing equipments used in interior large spaces [more: buff.ly/2TzaR6R] [source of the gif: buff.ly/3bZMaXe]
8:50 AM · Oct 23, 2021
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Very cool.
Eric Topol@EricTopol
What happens when teens are not vaccinated
ft.com/content/1f5783…
2:19 PM · Oct 23, 2021
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I hope schools in the US require vaccination for kids, seems like an easy mandate.
M.G. Siegler@mgsiegler
Yeah, the we-don’t-need-to-get-vaccinated-because-we-had-COVID argument is undoubtedly going to look like bullshit (or worse) in a matter of time. Get vaccinated, you fools. 💉💉 https://t.co/QlHybriq7e
Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter
Modeling study predicts hi post-Covid reinfection rate, avg 16 mths later. Shows need for vax after infection for personal protection (1 mRNA shot prob enough), & that low vax states may get lulled by short-term immunity from Covid cases but slammed later. https://t.co/DG4aWmmBpm
1:49 AM · Oct 24, 2021
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I really don't mind getting vaccinated every year, currently I'm trying to decide what to get for my second dose. Now that we can mix and match, do I want to be unique?
Jeannie Warner@thetsmorgan
From the New Yorker.
5:22 AM · Oct 23, 2021
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