Tue. 04/20 - The New Roaring 20s? An Economist & Epidemiologist Weigh In

Will this decade be another “Roaring 20s?” A social epidemiologist and a Nobel Prize-winning economist weigh in. How many T-Rexes roamed the land throughout their time on Earth? A team of paleontologists did the math. And scientists have created the whitest paint ever, which could make a sizable difference in the climate crisis. Sponsor: StartMail, Get 50% off your first year at StartMail.com/kottke Links: Looking Back at the First Roaring Twenties (NY Times) Epidemiologist looks to the past to predict second post-pandemic 'roaring 20s' (The Guardian) How many T. rex ever existed? Calculation of dinosaur's abundance offers an answer (Nature) Enough T-Rexes to eat us all (Christopher Mims, Twitter) 'Whitest ever' paint reflects 98% of sunlight (BBC) Researchers Created the Whitest White Paint Ever (Earther) Ted Lasso season two trailer (AppleTV, Twitter) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices