- This is the best use of big data ever; it does something that has never been tried before using the kind of computing power we’ve never had before, to solve huge, complex problems.
- Duck of Minerva provides an thoughtful and entertaining overview of the process of choosing a new Secretary General for the WHO.
- Two examples of harm from drug companies. First, they continue to push agricultural antibiotics despite the evidence that they harm human health. And second, MSF refuses a donation of free vaccines and provides an excellent discussion of how these donations are a distraction from the real problem of price-gouging.
