David Swensen | Office of the President

May 6, 2021

https://president.yale.edu/president/statements/david-swensen


sleep datasets with possible public or expert access

May 6, 2021

STAGES (n=30,000)
https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/41/suppl_1/A124/4988361

Others somewhat smaller
https://sleepdata.org/datasets/hchs (N=16,000; actigraphy but not genomics)

https://sleepdata.org/datasets/mesa (N=6,800; actigraphy but not genomics; strength is longitudinal following)


Best dictation software and speech-to-text software in 2021 | Zapier

May 6, 2021

https://zapier.com/blog/best-text-dictation-software/


Voice Notepad – Speech to Text with Google Speech Recognition

May 6, 2021

https://dictation.io/speech


Platypus genome

May 5, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/science/platypus-genome-echidna.amp.html


How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism | The New Yorker

May 5, 2021

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/30/how-venture-capitalists-are-deforming-capitalism


With Shopify, Small Businesses Strike Back at Amazon – WSJ

May 5, 2021

https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-shopify-small-businesses-strike-back-at-amazon-11615611603


The next big thing in retail comes with Chinese characteristics | The Economist

May 4, 2021

https://www.economist.com/business/2021/01/02/the-next-big-thing-in-retail-comes-with-chinese-characteristics

QT:{{"
The first pillar of this new retail architecture is “social commerce”. This relies on three related technologies: live-streaming, short-form video and social-networking. The biggest live-streamer is Alibaba’s Taobao Live. In just 30 minutes of presales for Singles Day, China’s answer to Black Friday, it notched up $7.5bn-worth of sales, about as much as Amazon is thought to have sold in its “Prime Day” in October (which actually lasted 48 hours). In June Douyin set up its own shopping division, having earlier hosted many of its live-streams where the likes of Taobao teamed up with celebrity influencers to sell products. The video-app’s 600m daily users confer a valuable resource—their attention. In the autumn it made its proprietary debut on Singles Day."}}


What to expect in 2021 according to prediction markets | The Economist

May 4, 2021

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/01/02/what-to-expect-in-2021-according-to-prediction-markets


Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe – The New York Times

May 3, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html