The Extra Dimension

The Extra Dimension #53: Culture, Technology, and Epidemics Through History

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The illnesses that we have faced over the course of human civilization have been heavily influenced by the cultural and technological contexts that they interacted with. Rebecca Dean, Professor of Anthropology comes on the show to teach us about it!

Episode summary
00:00:00 | Intro
  • Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus
  • 6 Diseases That Have Shaped Human History – YouTube
  • Infographic: The History of Pandemics, by Death Toll
    • 00:04:25 | Pubic Lice
    00:13:33 | Misdirected Blame
    00:18:01 | Cultural Adaptation
    • Singapore Was Ready for Covid-19—Other Countries, Take Note | WIRED
      • 00:30:21 | Going Back to Old Ways of Dealing
      • Coronavirus and cities: 1918 pandemic’s lessons about urban life – Curbed
      • Lockdowns flatten the “economic curve,” too
      • Opinion | There’s Really Only One Way to Reopen the Economy – The New York Times
      • San Francisco had the 1918 flu under control. And then it lifted the restrictions.
        • 00:34:30 | New Technologies
        • Protecting Civil Liberties During a Public Health Crisis | Electronic Frontier Foundation
        • Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology
        • 2 billion phones cannot use Google and Apple contact-tracing tech
        • Coronavirus misinformation is the latest test for social media platforms
        • How a 5G coronavirus conspiracy spread across Europe | Free to read | Financial Times
          • 00:41:25 | The Butterfly Effect
          00:43:51 | Cultural Context Creates Scenarios
          • xkcd: Pathogen Resistance
            • 01:06:29 | Outro
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              • Attributions
              • Inspired / Kevin MacLeod
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                This episode of The Extra Dimension has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #571: TED #53 — I’m Looking for Joe Beaver!

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