Sweden’s COVID expert says ‘world went mad’ with lockdowns https://bloom.bg/37U3YD0
“It was as if the world had gone mad, and everything we had discussed was forgotten,” Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s state epidemiologist, said in a podcast with Swedish Radio on Wednesday. “The cases became too many and the political pressure got too strong. And then Sweden stood there rather alone.”
Denmark vows to create world’s first ‘energy islands’: Two islands will act as hubs, allowing the connection of several offshore wind farms. https://bit.ly/385epUt
The two offshore wind energy islands will be located in the North Sea and Baltic Sea and could help increase Europe’s share of renewable energy.
Harry Hoshovsky: West Africa and US strategy https://bit.ly/2Vcmt0n
How China has overtaken Japan in naval power and why it matters https://bit.ly/2NwtGnr
India is paying the price for neglecting its neighbors: Narendra Modi came to power promising to prioritize relations with countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. China is taking advantage of his failure to do so. https://bit.ly/31bmTYD
Ryan Ashley + Abby Bard: How America can maintain its alliances even during the coronavirus pandemic: Socially-distanced relationship maintenance is important, especially in the Indo-Pacific. https://bit.ly/2AY8V1E
Phoning it in: After decades of false starts in telecommuting, the pandemic has ushered in a real revolution. It’s great for collaborative technology developers, less so for office landlords. The next big clash between labor and capital over the fruits of productivity is also set to kick off. https://bit.ly/31b90tm
‘I’m tired of being the help’: In suburban Detroit, a cookout full of Democratic voters bubbles into outrage, frustration at being taken for granted—and certainty that 2020 is in the bag for Trump. https://politi.co/3fQl3Ao
Virginia Heffernan: COVID-19 and living through a new American revolution: The collective action we've participated in over the past few months is transformational in a way we haven't seen in decades—maybe even centuries. https://bit.ly/2NjTp2u
The daily number of new US coronavirus cases at the highest level since April.
The seven-day average of new coronavirus cases in the US soared 30% from a week ago, according to a CNBC analysis of Johns Hopkins University data.
How to understand Donald Trump's incendiary language — and how to combat it: Helio Fred Garcia has documented 12 kinds of communication that lead to acts of violence. Donald Trump has used all of them. https://bit.ly/3fIeboK
Helio Fred Garcia teaches communication, ethics, crisis, and leadership at New York University and Columbia University. His new book, "Words on Fire: The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It," is being published this month.
PJ O’Rourke: Ignore the signal – listen to the noise https://bit.ly/2Z5Ew9n
The 2020 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies: Full list here: https://cnb.cx/316gmhO
Top 10:
1. Stripe
2. Coupang
3. Indigo Agriculture
4. Coursera
5. Klarna
6. Tempus
7. Zipline
8. SoFi
9. Neteera
10. Gojek
+ Many of these companies have an existing focus on health care, financial services, cloud connectivity, digital marketing and online distribution to consumers, and they have seen demand for their core products and services more than double during the economic shutdown.
+ Machine learning and artificial intelligence underlie much of the explosive growth.
The five largest US stocks (Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook) are now worth a combined $6 trillion, equal to the COMBINED market value of the next 24 largest companies. https://bit.ly/3fW3C1z
Space.com: Why some physicists really think there's a 'mirror universe' hiding in space-time https://bit.ly/3fRXas5
What happens if you turn space-time upside-down?
Safiya Pomell: Why brands are polluting our feeds https://bit.ly/2YuwBne
Challenges, hashtags, memes, TikToks, videos, likes, retweets, shares, and breaking news. I don’t know about you but for me, going on social right now can sometimes feel like information overload.
How to plan before leaving town to work remotely: If you’re thinking of moving indefinitely or permanently to do your job from a distance, consider these factors. https://on.wsj.com/2AZqyhr
Barcelona's El Liceu opera house reopened on Monday with a concert to an audience of 2,292 potted plants. The event took place a day after Spain's three-month state of emergency came to an end. It was the work of Spanish conceptual artist Eugenio Ampudia, who said the inspiration came from a connection he built with nature during the pandemic: "I watched what was going on with nature during all this time. I heard many more birds singing. And the plants in my garden and outside growing faster. And, without a doubt, I thought that maybe I could now relate in a much more intimate way with people and nature." https://bit.ly/2Ypj0NO
The Kennedy Center announces that most scheduled programming through the end of 2020 is being canceled.
The curse of genius: We see exceptional intelligence as a blessing. So why, asks Maggie Fergusson, are so many brilliant children miserable misfits? http://bit.ly/2XPhpy4
