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Some of the interesting articles I've shared on Flipboard.
Ten Lasting Impacts Of The Virus
We’re all wondering how to survive the virus: how to stay alive, and also solvent. Assuming we manage that, what will be its lasting impacts? The rising death tolls in many countries has been shocking to watch. Many people are getting their first up-close-and-personal view of the astonishing power of …
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‘We can’t go back to normal’: how will coronavirus change the world?
Everything feels new, unbelievable, overwhelming. At the same time, it feels as if we’ve walked into an old recurring dream. In a way, we have. We’ve seen it before, on TV and in blockbusters. We knew roughly what it would be like, and somehow this makes the encounter not less strange, but more …
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The beginner's guide to using epics and GitHub milestones
Editor’s note: This blog post was originally published in June 2016 and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and …
software
What's at the end of the coronavirus tunnel? Local scholars share some ideas
If there’s a light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel, it’s faint. Most of our eyes are still adjusting to the darkness. No one knows how long this …
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Are Canadians ready for sustained sacrifices in the age of COVID-19? We're about to find out | CBC News
It's the stuff our grandparents and great-grandparents talked about — the sacrifices of the war. Rationing, converting factories over from making …
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‘Life may change for us all’: How we respond to the coronavirus crisis will be defining, historians say
When historians mark the start of this nation's coronavirus nightmare, they will cite Jan. 21, 2020, the date a Washington state man in his 30s who had visited Wuhan, China, was confirmed as the United States' first COVID-19 case. Since then, this global crisis has mushroomed into a national …
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The World After This
Today, there are no clues as to the danger lurking outside my front door except for the eerie absence of people. Our lives are being restricted by a virus that is invisible to the naked eye, verging on abstraction, and yet it is terrifyingly real. Compare this to all the ways our lives are …
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The coronavirus is leading to a whole new way of economic thinking
Rishi Sunak says the measures he has announced to support the economy are without precedent in peacetime, and he’s right. Never before has the British state agreed to pay the wages of those at risk of losing their jobs. Never before has the government ordered the pubs to shut. The chancellor is not …
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The Coronavirus Won’t Kill Globalization
The challenge, as ever, is how to navigate a changing global balance of power. The challenge, as ever, is how to navigate a changing global balance of …
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How bad will the coronavirus crash get?
When I set out to write this piece, my goal was to give readers some practical sense of the most likely economic consequences of the coronavirus …
business
Changes likely to emerge in a 'post-COVID-19 world'
When the COVID-19 pandemic is controlled, there are many areas of life that need to reassessed and adjusted. It seems clear that our world "after" the …
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Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus
Humankind is now facing a global crisis. Perhaps the biggest crisis of our generation. The decisions people and governments take in the next few weeks will probably shape the world for years to come. They will shape not just our healthcare systems but also our economy, politics and culture. We must …
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