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Passing information on to to other people is fine. However, in this case, why forwarding? If you are convinced by the information, why not do an effort and post it yourself in the group?

I found this extract summarizing well Author's POV "This means that while groups can generate high levels of solidarity, which can in principle be put to powerful political effect, it also becomes harder to express disagreement within the group. If, for example, an outspoken and popular member of a neighbourhood WhatsApp group begins to circulate misinformation about health risks, the general urge to maintain solidarity means that their messages are likely to be met with approval and thanks. When a claim or piece of content shows up in a group, there may be many members who view it as dubious; the question is whether they have the confidence to say as much. Meanwhile, the less sceptical can simply forward it on. It’s not hard, then, to understand why WhatsApp is a powerful distributor of “fake news” and conspiracy theories."

In this video, James Baldwin responds brilliantly to Yale philosophy professor Paul Weiss on the Dick Cavett show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fZQQ7o16yQ

I am really curious to learn from HN community their thought about the following statement "“There's been this belief that if you do an MBA or other forms of management training, then that means you're [automatically] a good manager, but all of our evidence shows that that's absolutely not the case,” says Goodall. In healthcare, for instance, “a lot of people think we should let the doctors do the medicine and let the managers run the hospitals, but the research shows that actually that's wrong. You need doctors to lead other doctors, because they understand what they need in terms of being an employee.”

Recent update: U.S. lawmakers ask Zoom to clarify China ties after it suspends accounts https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy/...

Extract from the article "But why print the money on wood? Why not just give residents $300 worth of federal dollars?

The answer is simple: By creating its own local currency, Tenino keeps the money in the community. As Fournier puts it, “Amazon will not be accepting wooden dollars.”

“The money stays in the city. It doesn’t go out to Walmart and Costco and all those places,” says Joyce Worrell, who has run the antique shop Iron Works Boutiques for the past decade.

I was thinking since a couple of months on the idea of building a simulator that simulate a day live without as social platform like FB. A kind of: simulate people interactions where FB is shut down for, lets say for one day.

I have deleted my FB profil so, I am living without it since 2013 and I really don't feel I am missing social life.

One idea that is keep coming to my mind. Why ventilator are built to be used by individual at once?

Sorry, I am not subject matter expert, but was wondering is there is way to design ventilator that can serve X patients?

Video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ICgarjMX3tw

“international hacker negotiator” Seems an interesting and trendy job

What about the opposite effect : College may loose some good candidates who auto-censure themself because of the admission rate is low?

It remind me this study “ Would You Return This Lost Wallet?” published on nyt back in June 2019.

https://www.google.fr/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/scien...