Category: Weekly Digest

Hi friends, This is Congxing Cai. Greetings from Mountain View. A lot is happening. I took a step back and looked into some of the changes in the product landscape this week. Happening Now 👯‍♀️ The Collab House of TikTok-era depicts a story of the new kind of content house that hosts a collective of young popular…

Hi friends, This is Congxing Cai. Greetings from Mountain View. 2020 is a rollercoaster. The past few weeks have been getting even more crazy. Too much news to absorb. But, let’s take a step back and view changes as a norm of life. Happening Now 😷 The coming months of the pandemic could be catastrophic. The virus…

We had a smoggy week here in the bay area due to the record-breaking wildfires along the west coast. The sky on Wed was Mars orange. It perfectly matched the scene from the movie I watched over the long weekend: Blade Runner 2049. Both images are taken from online. One is SF from my friend…

Here is a digest of the best links each week for anyone who might be interested. The Pandemic: the reality we live in Though the overall covid related deaths may be undercounted in many parts of the world according to Economist’s excess death tracker, it seems the growth of daily death rate quickly fell off after…

Here is a digest of the best links each week for anyone who might be interested. The Pandemic: the reality we live in Wired reviewed why San Francisco handled the onset so well: The history of fighting HIV/AIDS has transformed SF to be more open, compassionate, science curious and become an international center of medical talents;…

Here is a digest of the best links each week for anyone who might be interested. The Pandemic: the reality we live in Immunology, which we really need to understand to better cope with coronavirus, is very complicated. The Atlantic published a well crafted essay on its complexity: Immunology Is Where Intuition Goes to Die. There…

Here is a digest of the best links each week for anyone who might be interested. The Pandemic: the reality we live in The Atlantic took a hard reflection on How the Pandemic Defeated America. I have been wondering if we could do better if another pandemic hits again (which is inevitable). Will we not repeat…

Here is a digest of the best links each week for anyone who might be interested. The Pandemic: the reality we live in Buddy, first dog to test positive for COVID-19 in the U.S., has died. The German shepherd likely had lymphoma, a type of cancer. We don’t know if the cancer made him more…

Here is a digest of the best links each week. The Pandemic: the reality we live in The active case of coronavirus across the United States continues to soar this week. You need a test? It’s much easier to get in wealthier, whiter neighborhoods, but the disease is hitting Black and Hispanic communities hardest. Meanwhile, it’s always…

Here is a digest of the best links each week for anyone who might be interested. The Pandemic: the reality we live in A second coronavirus death surge is coming. In the meantime, US officially notified to withdraw from WHO. Though it needs to wait another year for making the move with also uncertainties depending on…