Curated Commons // Edition 156
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How do you make money using gig workers to deliver groceries?
You become an advertising company. - Read here ($)
A vaccine for autoimmune diseases?
Science, FTW. More power to this team! - Read here
We ain’t the ‘big-brained’ species that we once were!
In two million years of evolution, our brains increased ~4x in brain volume. New research now suggests they are decreasing. Or rather, have been, since the last Ice Age. Pretty sure Twitter and Facebook Reels are among the top reasons ;-) - Read here ($)
We can’t have privacy anymore. But can we ask for a little bit?
Good read on how to think about privacy in 2023 - Read here ($)
The rise of “Surge Pricing”
Uber made it popular. The airlines always had it. But it is now spreading everywhere, thanks to data and algorithms - Read here ($)
Do “Views” on the Internet actually mean anything?
Each platform has their own definitions, definitions that drive the numbers up. How reliable are they? - Read here
From adtech to malware
New spyware is being developed by some Israeli firms that effectively weaponized adtech - not much defense possible! - Read here
Food allergies are on the rise. Why?
Interesting data-driven look on why allergies are on the rise in the US -Read here ($)
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