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

<p>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.</p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>StartMail, Get 50% off your first year at <a href="http://startmail.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">StartMail.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/business/roaring-twenties-stocks.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Looking Back at the First Roaring Twenties</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/21/epidemiologist-1918-flu-pandemic-roaring-20s-post-covid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Epidemiologist looks to the past to predict second post-pandemic 'roaring 20s'</a> (The Guardian)</li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00984-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How many T. rex ever existed? Calculation of dinosaur's abundance offers an answer</a> (Nature)</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/mims/status/1383127424741867521?s=12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enough T-Rexes to eat us all</a> (Christopher Mims, Twitter) </li><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56749105" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'Whitest ever' paint reflects 98% of sunlight</a> (BBC)</li><li><a href="https://earther.gizmodo.com/researchers-created-the-whitest-white-paint-ever-1846691495" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Researchers Created the Whitest White Paint Ever</a> (Earther) </li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/AppleTV/status/1384556686975717377?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ted Lasso season two trailer</a> (AppleTV, Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kottke.Org</a></li><li><a href="http://