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    The front pages of WaPo, CNN, and NYT all give coronavirus top billing over Iowa.

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    Even with gone you can still follow for a balanced breakfast.

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    A new level of auditing of the entire food supply chain? To make this reliable you might want Oura ring data, which records body temperature over time. They’re currently $300 but Shenzhen could bring that way down. Make it accessible for everyone who wants to self-monitor.

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    RIP, celebrated and visionary concert pianist Peter Serkin, dead at age 72.

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    Just checked their results. The similarity is spurious. Out of 4 inserts they identify between NCov and SARS, 2 are found in bat coronavirus. Of the remaining two, only one is most similar to HIV, and is so short (6 AA) that the similarity is not higher than chance given database

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    I've written a lot about risk-aversion in US elites (e.g. ). The part of Tyler's article I disagree with is that tech may not be such a beacon of hope. More young people detect that consulting & finance are uncool, and thus move next on to the tech world.

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    Jan 31

    "The Beatles are not getting back together again. Brahms is dead. Composers will not return to Baroque style in large numbers. It is we who hold the power of 'the cheapest possible artistic revolution' in our hands. We need only will it." —

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    My review of 's Complacent Class

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    Jan 31

    There's a $193 flight available between Hong Kong and New York City. It includes a six-hour stopover in Wuhan

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    The Austrian Post’s special Brexit stamp (originally completed before March 29, 2019). Instead of reprinting, they simply crossed out the old withdrawal date and added the new one underneath.

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    Jan 30

    I am tired of hearing that knee-jerk dogmatic faith in markets is the source of our problems. So I wrote this:

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    NEW: The arrested Harvard prof is tip of the iceberg. When the Texas A&M system investigated how much Chinese money its faculty was getting, officials were astounded—over 100 were involved in Chinese talent recruitment plans. Only 5 disclosed.

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    SF folks: Join the local Progress Studies Meetup Group: Next meeting Thurs, Feb 13! Tentative agenda of lightning talks includes the polio vaccine, advances in immunoprofiling, and how to get unstuck from local maxima

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    Very much enjoyed speaking with today and hearing more about his work on Emergent Ventures. It’s among the best new ideas in venture investing / philanthropy. Excited to be a cheerleader for all they do.

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    This is spot on. “I have no rancor against lawyers, financiers or management consultants, but the pursuit of these careers seems like a misallocation of human creativity.” —

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