LinkedIn: Work vs. Friends
The Wall Street Journal just published an article about LinkendIn redesigning for a major update. The new features were tested in international markets beginning in Spring 2020. The most controversial new feature is a story setting much like in Snapchat or the other social media platforms that have adopted this temporary posting model. As a […]
Picking Friends to Avoid Pandemic Unemployment
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/business/economy/coronavirus-pandemic-income-inequality.html The New York Times recently published an article about how the coronavirus pandemic affected income inequality. Data released by the Federal Reserve indicated that families with lower pre-tax incomes showed larger earnings growth than their richer counterparts between 2016 and 2019. Unfortunately, with the 2020 pandemic, much of this carefully orchestrated progress was […]
Apple vs Epic Fight Over App Store Policies and Game Theory
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-hearing-in-epic-vs-apple-legal-clash-may-return-fortnite-to-app-store/1100-6482670/ Recently, Epic is fighting with Apple over Apple’s app store policy that requires developers to use Apple’s payment system in order for Apple to take the 30% cut. In August, Epic intentionally replaced Apple’s payment system with its own payment system to avoid the 30% cut, and then Apple removed Epic’s game Fortnite from […]
Game Theory Shows Why Diversity at Large Companies is so Important
Source: https://medium.com/@jonesrooy/how-game-theory-can-help-us-understand-why-diversity-is-hard-3e501e6841d9 The lack of diversity in large corporations has been a major topic of discussion for some time now. Some companies have taken steps to alter their recruitment process to gain a more fair pool of applicants. However, it is known that once diverse groups enter these corporations, they do not stay for very […]
Game Theory Behind Covid Small-Business Relief Package Bill
During the hardship of Coronavirus, the economy inevitably has undergone depression due to social distancing and quarantine regulations that limit people’s ability to consume. Hence, a vast amount of small businesses can no longer support themselves and are on the brink of bankruptcy. This is why a bill to support small businesses is introduced to […]
Game Theory on vaccination
The article: https://www.pnas.org/content/101/36/13391 The source of the article: Chris T. Bauch and David J. D. Earn PNAS September 7, 2004 101 (36) 13391-13394; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0403823101 Edited by Maurice R. Hilleman, Merck Institute for Vaccinology, West Point, PA, and approved July 21, 2004 (received for review May 28, 2004) For the parents with newly born babies, they face a prison dilemma because […]
Attitude Networks and COVID-19
Within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, mapping divisions in health attitudes and behaviors can be important for understanding how effective a region’s COVID-19 response will be. As we have seen, successfully flattening the curve requires coordinated actions and trust in the process from all groups that make up a region (a college campus, a […]
A Real-Life Willy Wonka?
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/jelly-belly-co-founder-launches-willy-wonka-themed-treasure-hunt-with-candy-factory-as-grand-prize Have you ever watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and thought to yourself “wow, I could’ve done that so much better than Charlie” or “those Oompa Loompas did not need to be there”? If so, you may be in luck, because a most lucrative opportunity has made itself available to the general public. About […]
Traffics and League of Legends Servers
https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Servers League of Legends (LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games .It is a MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) where 2 teams (blue and red) face off. In League of Legends, players assume the role of a “champion” with unique abilities and battle against a team of […]
To Mask or Not to Mask? Strong Ties Matter Most
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mask-shaming Masks — something found in households few and far between pre-2020 — are now as much of a staple as our socks. We cannot leave the house, enter a store, or see our friends without these trusty face-coverings. Masks genuinely have become a matter of life and death; they have become not just one […]
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