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[Matt Ridley @mattwridley]

There is a common mistake being made that in complex adaptive systems, more detail and more maths will make them predictable. It won't, beyond a very short time horizon for reasons spelled out by chaos theory among other ideas. There are no experts on the future for this reason.

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

This from Trevor Noah on taxing billionaires is … pretty perceptive!

[Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 @BonnieGlaser]

Amazon agreed to allow only five-star reviews for Xi’s book in China. https://t.co/LHOe9ff13V

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If you paid just $1 in federal taxes in 2020, you paid more than FedEx, Michaels, Nike, Salesforce, and 51 other massive corporations.

Seems fair, right?

[Atif Mian @AtifRMian]

GameStop is an interesting story, but there is a bigger and much more serious question about financial markets

As someone who studies finance, I know finance has tremendous potential to benefit society

But there is something serious to worry in the trend since the 80s

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

Mastercard is raising its fees on EU purchases made by holders of UK credit cards from 0.3% to 1.5%.

Another Brexit dividend, because we no longer fall under the EU-wide Interchange Fee Regulation that used to cap the fee at 0.3%.

https://t.co/hBG8FoWwGc

[Jayati Ghosh @Jayati1609]

This is shocking, and deserves to be put among crimes against humanity.

[Jason R.C. Nurse @jasonnurse]

A newly discovered Android malware has been found to propagate itself through WhatsApp messages to other contacts in order to expand what appears to be an adware campaign.

#Android #malware #adware #WhatsApp

https://t.co/VipWARC2y8

[Sinan Aral @sinanaral]

"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is. It doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, its wrong."

-- Richard Feynman

[Les Echos @LesEchos]

Avec le Brexit et le Covid, les Britanniques se ruent sur les cours de langue https://t.co/tu4iV2RnLT

[Les Echos @LesEchos]

Quelle est la compagnie aérienne la plus sûre ? ⤵️

https://t.co/NsOiyacOz2

[LSE Inequalities @LSEInequalities]

"Study of 50 years of tax cuts for rich confirms 'trickle down' theory Is an absolute sham"|
@commondreams
@KennyStancil on David Hope &
@JulianLimberg 's revelatory new #III research.

https://t.co/xaBuPzyv9Z

Free access to paper: https://t.co/CA1P1ICRvA

[Atif Mian @AtifRMian]

True. But just because something makes us rich, does not mean it is useful for the society

[Atif Mian @AtifRMian]

Is Bitcoin worth it?

Bitcoin is socially wasteful and practically useless

It is consuming electricity equivalent to the entire power consumption of Pakistan, a country of 200M+

And what use does it offer? Practically none. Its value only represents speculative craze.

[Lucas Chancel @lucas_chancel]

What rich countries don’t quite understand is that as long as poor countries don’t get access to vaccination, the virus will still be able to mutate & could reinfect those already vaccinated.

[Matthew Lee @Mattbklee]

Worked the late A&E SHO shift on NYE and came out to this. Hundreds of maskless, drunk people in huge groups shouting "Covid is a hoax", literally outside the building where hundreds are sick and dying. Why do people still not realise the seriousness of this pandemic?

[TED Talks @TEDTalks]

No one is born with resilience — you have to build it in yourself.

Watch the full TED Talk from @DrLucyHone here: https://t.co/v6kDNxV649

[🐝🐉meindiva🎶🎭💙 @meindiva]

The lighter penguin is an elderly female whose partner died this year. The darker one is a younger male who lost his partner two years ago. Biologists have followed them as they meet every night to comfort each other. They stand for hours together watching the lights in Melbourne

[josh ryan-collins @jryancollins]

Rising public deficits? How about a windfall tax on global investment banks who've just generated a record $125bn fee haul in response to massive debt and equity issues by struggling firms? https://t.co/Ixh2h2RYAB via @FT

[Johnny Oberg @JohnOberg]

Incredible! 🧡

At the Gentle Barn Tennessee, Henry carries hay to his brother, Horton, who is less mobile than him. Compassion is inside ALL of us, including these rescued pigs. 🧡