Biking across the golden gate bridge when the fog and wind is blowing through from the Pacific is one of the most immersive (and scary) experiences ever. Highly recommend!

Try doing it from the top of a Big Bus too! Amazing!

It's amazing to me that the World's Fair gave us so many iconic and wonderful structures, all of which are probably too impractical to build otherwise: the Eiffel Tower, Space Needle, Unisphere, Palace of Fine Arts, etc. It's unrealistic, but it's worth having a new world's fair just for an excuse to build another one of these!

The pavilions were truly incredible (from what I remember, Saudi Arabia comes to mind, just look at that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2010_pavilions#Saudi_Arab...) but like the article says, it felt more like each country's branding exercise rather than any unified vision of the future.

Not necessarily for lack of effort. I was there and Obama recorded a video specifically for the visitors to the US Pavilion.

Love seeing a startup focused on hardware. Skeptical about the success but bravo to their efforts.

As someone who was impacted by a past round of Uber layoffs, seeing this kind of messaging from the top is refreshing.

This sounds promising as there doesn't appear to be many natural or artificial substitutes to imitate the feel or taste of the meat like there are in current no-kill red meat products.

Similar to Doordash and other companies who have seen increased usage due to the lockdown, I wonder if all of the new cyclists and runners will revert to not using Strava as much post-lockdown. I guess cash in while you can!

> China's strategy seems simple enough. Close off borders of a region

Have a couple of issues with your points.

1. China did not close its borders soon enough, even though the government was aware of the possibility of a large scale incident. This led to the virus's spread to every other continent other than Antarctica. 2. China has the "benefit" of a central government with a citizen database where privacy has no consideration. Combine that with mostly vertical housing, it's easy to make sure no one is able to go outside except for those selected to be a resource liaison. This is impossible in a place like California.

If you don't live near cold water, I find that taking an ice-cold shower has a similar physiological effect.

Seconded. It's pretty wild how much a cold shower affects you physically. The only comparable things is fight-or-flight stuff like your chair almost tipping backwards or the top of a lift hill on a roller coaster. You'll definitely feel awake and alive after!

I have started doing this on days I go to the gym (3x per week) and anecdotally it has positive effects on how I feel mentally and physically. (And these effects have lasted after about 6 months of this practice.)