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Derek Thompson
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To vaccinate America by this summer, we don't face one challenge but rather 4 bottlenecks: 1. regulatory approval2. vaccine supply3. shot distribution/eligibility4. demand for vaccinesThis is my proposal to solve
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One theme that's emerged from my reporting and writing recently across cash welfare, public health communication, and vaccine eligibility is that I don't think we have enough of an appreciation
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I wrote about Hygiene Theater and the challenge of navigating the fog of pandemic science.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/hygiene-theater-still-waste/617939/“Follow the science” is practically a cliche now. But who do
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At first, I thought remote work was a chaotic forced experiment that would snap back to normal after vaccines.I've changed my mind. In fact, I think most ppl are underrating
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The very emotional discussion right now about whether Twitter has the right to de-platform Trump should widen the lens and see that the list of corporations that essentially came to
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Something Arlie Hochschild told me that I can't shake this week is the ways modern politics has become hyper-fluent in the language of suffering. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/deep-story-trumpism/617498/Once you see
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I wrote about what today’s headlines and statistics are already telling us about the future of work, cities, and the economy in 2021https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/the-2021-post-pandemic-prediction-palooza/617332/Overall
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My latest is about an economic mystery that explains one of the biggest Qs about modern work:In 1900, the avg home had no modern tech. By 1960, it had electricity,
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I wrote a big piece about how Democrats have become the party of the superstar city (and its richest suburbs)—and why that seemingly positive demographic trend is also at the
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Belgium COVID timeline May-Sept: Cases-per-million
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More on 2020's diploma/density dividehttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/2020-election-results-prove-density-destiny/617027/1. There are 14 states w/ above-avg college attainment and above-avg urban-share of population. De
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I wrote about “Hygiene Theater”—how restaurants, gyms, and subways have wasted millions of dollars on fancy cleaning plans to defeat a mostly airborne plague and made Americans more confused and
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