Curated Commons // Edition 162
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Science, FTW
The first vaccine for malaria is showing serious positive results! - Read here
Twitter’s competition is growing fast
Threads now has ~100 Mn monthly active users (including me). Next step - a billion active users. Also a sign of the times we live in that having a goal of a billion active users, for a brand new app, is not outlandish! - Read here
Philanthropy is big
Not sure this is well know, but it appears philanthropy makes up ~3$ of global economy (time and money)! Citi has a new report out - Read here
Humans are to fear more than robots
We will always have more to fear from dumb and evil humans, than crooked robots and algorithms! Our species is known for plumbing to new depths each day! - Read here
‘tis the age of inflation
In physical products, its shrinkflation. For streaming services, it is streamflation! Subscription fatigue, and frustration, is pretty nigh- Read here
Carbon-neutral in announcements, not quite in reality
More companies under greenwashing spotlight. This time, Apple. - Read here ($)
Every Airbnb booking, Uber Eats, Swiggy/Zomato order ever!
Via New Yorker
Are you this old?
The lede for this story should make you feel old. If it doesn’t what are you doing subscribing to newsletters? - Read here ($)
Meet the newest billionaire in the media industry
Taylor Swift. Who else. Fascinating case study of how to take on, and win, against the incumbents - Read here($)
AI, public and private sector investments
Good interview with the “Godmother of AI” - Fei-Fei Li - Read here ($)
Eco-friendly, till our results are impacted
Oil companies are doubling down on oil, and some like Shell are cutting down on investments in low-carbon alternatives. Why? Shareholders today are important over the planet tomorrow. Or something like that. - Read here
The old control America
Good read on how so many facets of society in the US have people who are quite old in charge. - Read here ($)
A decade from now, according to federal population projections, the United States will be home to more people over 65 than those under 18 — a complete reversal of the current picture.
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