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Fri. 10/15 - Responding to Pandemic Uncertainty Like an Engineer


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A proposal for approaching this next phase of the pandemic less like an epidemiologist and more like an engineer. Plus, new findings from the Mars Perseverance rover that has NASA breathing a sigh of relief. And product placement in novels, added without the author’s knowledge. It’s a real thing that I hope remains in the past.

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    Reimagining our pandemic problems with the mindset of an engineer (MIT Technology Review)
  • A Prayer for Our Next COVID Era (The Atlantic)
  • Mars scientists now know where to look for life (BBC)
  • Boulders On Mars Suggest a Warm and Humid Past (Time)
  • The time Terry Pratchett’s German publisher inserted a soup ad into his novel. (Literary Hub)
  • Pratchett anecdote and responses with photos (Neil Gaiman, Twitter)
  • Terry Pratchett and the Maggi Soup Adverts (Stuffed Crocodile)
  • Heinz Halloween Tomato Blood Costume  (Heinz)
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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