The pandemic has forced universities to bring their courses online – but this is just the first step on the road to a long-overdue educational revolution
Source: COVID-19 is sparking a revolution in higher education
Author: timbatchelder
Our Hyperlocal Ghost-Kitchen Future
A business model that seemed marginal before the coronavirus pandemic now looks like the future of restaurants.
Source: Our Ghost-Kitchen Future
China is Treating COVID-19 with an Ethnobotanical Formula used for SARS
Despite long-held questions over the efficacy of Chinese traditional medicine, Chinese experts maintain that an herbal formulation based on a nearly 2,000-year-old text is showing promise in treating COVID-19.
Source: VICE – China is Treating COVID-19 With a Blast From the (Distant) Past
15 Face Masks We Actually Like to Wear
Cloth face coverings are gonna be around for a while, so here are the WIRED team’s favorites for running, walking, and going to work.
The Future of Commerce Belongs to the Frictionless
The businesses that will survive after the pandemic are the ones who give us back our time.
Using social network theory to design a bubble that keeps you safe
Creating a quaranteam can help mitigate risk while still providing social interactions.
Source: Sorry, it’s too early to stop quarantining. Here’s how to design a bub
What Makes Some People More Resilient Than Others
U.S. Health Care Puts $4 Trillion in All the Wrong Places
America has failed the Covid-19 test, and it’s the accumulated result of policy and market decisions.
Source: U.S. Health-Care System Was Totally Overwhelmed by Coronavirus – Bloomberg
Takeda Adopts UIPath and New Wave of Automation during Pandemic
Software programs adopted during the Covid-19 crisis make it easier to complete forms and track requests. It saves work, but could cost jobs.
Resilience In Crisis: Coronavirus Reveals Why Businesses Must Do Good To Do Well
Covid-19 has created a new sense of urgency by shining a light on the systemic nature of the world in which we all exist, but also by stress-testing a more responsible model of business.
Source: Resilience In Crisis: Coronavirus Reveals Why Businesses Must Do Good To Do Well
The Coming Disruption to College
NYU Stern School of Business professor Scott Galloway predicts a handful of elite cyborg universities will soon monopolize higher education.
Source: The Coming Disruption to College
The anthropology of how social status is changing during COVID-19, and refocusing on health and local resilience
During lockdown, the rich and famous look less heroic than scientists, medical experts, front-line workers, and folks who just have a little tech savvy.
Source: How social status is changing during the COVID-19 pandemic
