“Medicare for all” is a version of a single-payer healthcare system. Instead of having a private insurer pay for your healthcare, the government would be the only (single) entity paying for healthcare (hence the name single-payer). This doesn’t necessarily mean that there wouldn’t be private insurance — people can choose to get private insurance fo... See more
One commonality that we find when looking across these clusters is that they are all geographically close by. This by itself shouldn't surprise us. Geoffrey West's fantastic work shows us that cities, for instance, help create exactly this dynamic. In bringing people together it increases the rate of reproduction of ideas, speeding up the emergence... See more
In this context, knowledge and judgement and taste are valuable. We trust curators because we believe that they spent time and effort in developing their expertise. This belief seeped from the art world into the aspirational economy, with the new breed of aspirants looking to share their taste and turn their social and cultural capital into the eco... See more