The Rules of Contagion
8 A spot of trouble G into his position as conference chair when someone handed him a folded note.[1] A lawyer by training, ...
Large-scale GPS data is revealing how to respond effectively to catastrophes, how to improve transport systems, and how new dise ...
The second problem was that it wasn’t clear how the predictions were actually made. GFT was essentially an opaque machine; searc ...
problems. ‘In a world where technology moguls are becoming major funders of research, we must not fall for the seductive idea th ...
research; by the time the infections end, fundamental questions about contagion can remain unanswered. That’s why building long- ...
dataset has its own flaws, but together they can reveal a more complete picture of contagion. Describing such approaches, Caroli ...
extracted from their data, some might turn away from digital technology entirely. If users are uncomfortable with exactly how th ...
run several ‘citizen science’ projects combining contagion research with wider discussions about outbreaks, data, and ethics. We ...
Infectious diseases still cause vast damage worldwide. As well as known threats, we face the ever-present risk of a new pandemic ...
mosquito to control malaria, or vaccinate every person to prevent epidemics. Or the assumption that banking systems are naturall ...
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