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The crash of the $8.5 billion global trade in cut flowers shows how quickly and distinctively the new coronavirus is disrupting supply chains, even in places where it isn’t yet pervasive.

And in the midst of the current situation surrounding coronavirus, influencers have only become more valuable to brands as companies search for ways to keep their audiences engaged without coming across as tone deaf.

For all species other than us humans, things just are what they are. Our problem is that we’re always trying to figure out what things mean—why things are the way they are.

This individual has merely acquired stamps of approval and has acquired safety net upon safety net. These safety nets don’t end up enabling big risk-taking—individuals just become habitual acquirers of safety nets. The comfort of a high-paying job at a prestigious firm surrounded by smart people is simply too much to give up. When that happens, the... See more

Many argue that having this kind of information behind a paywall is bad for society, and even the institutions who pay these large subscriptions are getting sick of them.

But some products can develop into habits. In thinking about how and why, I came up with a highly unscientific list of qualities that a product likely needs to meet: