soundsop

> I fear the erosion in trust between the public and public health agencies is causing permanent damage in our abilities to mitigate future disasters

No, it just means communities/towns/cities/counties/states should not cede responsibility to the bureaucratic organizations.

I think this pandemic will make us safer in the future because local authorities will not trust the WHO or the CDC and move forward with their own planning and actions.

My list for all engineering students:

Design of Everyday Things Founders at Work Antifragile

True.

> max size of the economy is linearly tied to population

> why China is going to be on top

India will have a larger population than China (http://statisticstimes.com/population/china-vs-india-populat...) so it should end up on top.

Me too, although I recognized his name because I read his book Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy. That was over 20 years ago.

Electricity derived from solar panels and stored in batteries is neither free from cost nor free from carbon emissions. The monetary cost and emission of carbon coincides with the manufacture of the solar panels and batteries rather than the generation and storage of the energy unlike many other technologies.

The costs and emissions of solar-derived electricity may be lower than alternatives but they are most certainly not free.

In general, I like the idea of aggregating the discussion. I will miss how the front page would fill with links about someone who passed away.