The combined weight of San Francisco’s infrastructure and population is causing it to sink roughly 2 millimeters into the ground annually, and experts estimate that it has already sunk three inches due to the weight alone. Perhaps this is not too surprising when it is brought to light that “the collective weight of all of the San Francisco region’s buildings is roughly 1.6 trillion kilograms.” Read full article here
Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
