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We often deploy the phrase “it went viral” to describe our online murmurations. It’s a deceptive phrase that eliminates the how and thus absolves the participants of all responsibility. A rumor does not simply spread — it spreads because we spread it, even if the system is designed to facilitate capturing attention and to encourage that spread.
How Online Mobs Act Like Flocks of Birds | NOEMA
Renée DiResta
The Mid-Market payroll tax exclusion, was created with Twitter in mind in 2011 to incentivize companies to stay in San Francisco and move to a part of Market Street that had 30 percent storefront vacancy rates.
How Burrowing Owls Lead to Vomiting Anarchists (Or SF’s Housing Crisis Explained) – TechCrunch
social.techcrunch.com
Colombia’s capital now has the largest electric bus network in the world outside China — none of which could have been possible without innovative procurement.
What Cities Can Learn From Venture Capital
bloomberg.com
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