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Apr 17, 2007 | » | The Black Swan [Book]
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01. Umberto Eco's Antilibrary; 02. We Just Can't Predict; 03. Those Grey Swans of Extremistan; The Black Swan [Taleb, Nicholas Nassim]; |
Jul 8, 2016 | » | 1. The 3 Rules of Epidemics
2 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
The Law of the Few From 1995 to 1996, the # of children born in Baltimore with syphillis increased 500%. CDC blamed it on cocaine and reduction in clinics. In 100k+ Colorado Springs town, the gonorrhoea epidemic tipped because of the activities of 168 people living in 4 small neighbourhoods, frequenting the same 6 bars. Gaëtan Dugas, an Air-Canada flight attendant, is [mis?]regarded as “Patient Zero” for AIDS in the US.... |