The Joe Walker Podcast

In The Foothills Of A Pandemic - Yaneer Bar-Yam

Mar 9, 2020
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
The Coronavirus Epidemic
03:48 • 3min
3
The Global Coronavirus Death Rate
06:58 • 4min
4
The Coronavirus Epidemic: A Crash Course in Complexity Science
10:44 • 3min
5
The Power of Imagination
13:58 • 2min
6
The Highlight Intellectually and Personally of My Time at MIT
15:30 • 6min
7
The Importance of Randomness in Design Engineering
21:29 • 4min
8
The Science of Complexity
25:43 • 5min
9
The Multi-Scale of Complex Systems
30:23 • 6min
10
The Different Types of Complexity
36:23 • 4min
11
The Power of Qualitative Differences in Complex Systems
40:11 • 4min
12
The Power of Phase Transitions in Physics
44:27 • 3min
13
Renormalization Group: A Powerful Tool for Thinking About Complex System Science
47:03 • 3min
14
The Power of Self-Organization in Complex Systems
49:50 • 5min
15
The Universal Properties of Complex Systems
54:59 • 2min
16
The Principle of Universality
56:32 • 3min
17
The Importance of Scaling in Complex Systems
59:07 • 4min
18
The Complex Systems Science of the Arab Spring
01:02:56 • 5min
19
The Effects of Market Bubbles on Food Prices
01:07:33 • 5min
20
The R0 of Coronaviruses
01:12:54 • 4min
21
The Probability of a Large Event
01:17:12 • 2min
22
How to Stop Super Spreader Events
01:19:39 • 2min
23
The Fatality Rate of the Virus in China
01:21:43 • 2min
24
The Importance of Allowing Time to Die
01:23:42 • 3min
25
The Probability of Spanish Influenza Having Seasonality
01:26:32 • 2min
26
The Risks of Increased Global Transportation in a Pandemic
01:28:09 • 4min
27
The Importance of Connectivity in the Future
01:32:24 • 3min
28
The Power of Math to Understand the Coronavirus Epidemic
01:35:05 • 2min
29
The Importance of Detail in the Spread of Coronavirus
01:36:59 • 2min
30
How to Stop a Pandemic
01:39:28 • 2min
31
The Power of Isolation
01:41:32 • 3min
32
How to Stop the Ebola Epidemic
01:44:32 • 3min
33
The Importance of Staying Home for Kids
01:47:40 • 2min
34
The Social Cost of Stopping Work for a Month
01:49:34 • 3min
35
How to Create Safe Spaces for People That Won't Get Infected
01:52:54 • 5min
36
How to Stop Coronavirus From Spreading
01:57:55 • 5min
37
The Importance of Making a Choice
02:02:38 • 2min
38
The Fellowship of the Doers
02:04:21 • 5min