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Inaccuracy Is Your Friend - Squadron Weekly Email

Squirrel Squadron Substack • 0 implied HN points • 26 Nov 23
💼 Business Data Decisions Truth Information
  1. Don't focus on having perfectly accurate data; multiple sources of truth are beneficial.
  2. Even with noisy and conflicting data, successful outcomes are possible, as seen with the Apollo 11 landing.
  3. Embrace inconsistent information and make decisions based on the bigger picture, like looking out the window, rather than getting bogged down in details.

Tucker Carlson Explains Why He Interviewed Putin: "Most Americans Are Not Informed... We're Here Because We Love The US"

Global Community Weekly (GloCom) • 0 implied HN points • 07 Feb 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Media Interview Propaganda Information Foreign Policy
  1. Tucker Carlson interviewed Putin because he believes most Americans are uninformed about global events.
  2. The corporate media fails to provide comprehensive coverage of international conflicts and important global figures.
  3. Carlson's motivation for the interview with Putin was driven by a desire to inform and protect the prosperity and freedom of the United States.
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Tomato Flu!

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 24 Aug 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Disease Prevention Information Wellness
  1. Tomato Flu is a new virus in Kerala, India, affecting children under 5. It shows similar symptoms to COVID-19 but isn't connected to it.
  2. As of July, 82 cases of Tomato Flu were reported in Kerala. It's believed to spread through close contact.
  3. Experts believe Tomato Flu is self-limiting and not a significant concern. It's a trending topic but may not require immediate action.

Taking variants seriously

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 26 Apr 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Variants COVID-19 Vaccines Testing Information
  1. Variants of the virus have higher reproduction numbers and spread more effectively in certain environments, posing a significant threat.
  2. Considering variants as new viruses could prompt more focused and proactive measures like containment and targeted testing and vaccination.
  3. Efforts to combat new variants require heightened focus on genomic testing, international collaboration, and strategic allocation of resources to areas where variants are emerging.

How many vaccine doses do you need?

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 18 Nov 20
🏥 Health & Wellness Vaccines Immunity Logistics Information Pandemic
  1. Vaccine dosages are crucial - receiving two doses is necessary to ensure proper immune response and protection for individuals.
  2. Timing of vaccine doses is important - while sticking to the recommended schedule is ideal, there is some flexibility in providing the second dose within a reasonable timeframe.
  3. Good information infrastructure is essential - reliable systems are needed to track who received which vaccine doses and when to ensure effective vaccination management.

Test Week: The Information Gap

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 17 Aug 20
🔬 Science Health Testing Epidemiology Information Decisions
  1. Testing for a virus like Covid-19 helps solve the information problem for pandemics, potentially saving costs and impacting decisions like diagnosis, clearance, surveillance, and mitigation.
  2. The effectiveness of tests relies on the prevalence of the virus in the population; when prevalence is low, test results can be noisier and less useful.
  3. Contact tracing complements testing by providing additional information, especially in increasing the value of imperfect tests by identifying those more likely to be infected.

Learn Together

Are You Okay? • 0 implied HN points • 29 Mar 20
🏥 Health & Wellness Information
  1. The author plans to cover essential information about the coronavirus throughout the week in a virtual class.
  2. The author's patients and readers are seeking answers and information about the unfolding situation with the virus.
  3. The post suggests that learning together and sharing knowledge is important during this challenging time.

Physics of intention and action

Space chimp life • 0 implied HN points • 26 Apr 23
🔬 Science Physics Biology Energy Information Causality
  1. Thought needs to have some effect on the world to be useful. If it doesn't change anything, we can't test or notice it.
  2. Actions often require more energy than the intention behind them. Like how a tiny joystick can move a heavy crane, we need stored energy to make big movements happen.
  3. The energy involved in our actions connects back through history. Every time we move, we are using energy that has been stored and transformed, showing how life's history influences what we do.

The danger of AI imposing reality by consensus

The Future of Life • 0 implied HN points • 26 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Machine Learning Photography Media Information
  1. AI can change how we see reality by filtering information, making it hard to know what's true. It might replace our own observations with what it believes is true.
  2. When we're only getting information through AI tools, we risk seeing a version of reality shaped by consensus, not actual facts.
  3. Supporting different types of AI models can help keep our access to information diverse and prevent a single narrative from dominating.