Does the Threshold of Adoption Even Exist??
How your friends change your habits – for better and worse …www.bbc.com › future › article › 20190520-how-your… I think we all agree with the fact that our friends and whoever we spend the most time around have a substantial impact on us. Phrases like “You are who you hang around” or “You should hang […]
Revisiting the Diffusion of Vaping among College Students
The relationship between young adults and nicotine-containing products has evolved considerably over the past half-century. While traditional tobacco cigarettes were once commonly seen right outside the classroom, scientific findings and educational practices advance, public health campaigns take hold, stigmas alter, culture changes, and views of the behavior shift. With the downfall of cigarettes, a trend […]
Staten Island vs New Zealand
For better or worse (in this case worse), America has a long history of protests. Since its founding, people would protest unfair laws and restrictions, for example the Boston Tea Party in response to the Tea Act of 1773 up through Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and Black Lives Matter protests this summer. Unfortunately, […]
The Cascade of Among Us
Though 2020 was not the best year for most people, it definitely was for the game Among Us. Despite its launch in June of 2018, it was only recent that the game exploded in popularity, hitting #1 in the Simulation category on the App Store. In fact, according to Steam Charts, in the week of […]
The effect of superspreader events on the timeline and severity of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Last March, the SARS-CoV-2 virus was introduced to the United States, with the nation experiencing rapid exponential growth in cases and a total of 1.54 million deaths worldwide reported as of December 2020. The pandemic has drastically changed the lifestyles of individuals into a new normal of mask-wearing, stay at home orders, remote work and […]