Quick notes: Higher education | Green mobility...

• Disruption of Higher Education is Accelerating: The second-greatest accretion of stakeholder value in business, behind Amazon’s entry into health care, will be big (and some small) tech firms partnering with a world class university to offer 80% of a traditional four-year degree for 50% of the price.
  
  The myth/magic of campuses and geography is no longer a constraining factor — most programs will be hybrid soon, dramatically increasing enrollments among the best brands. MIT/Google could enroll 100,000 kids at $100,000 in tuition (a bargain), yielding $5 billion a year. Bocconi/Apple, Carnegie Mellon/Amazon, UCLA/Netflix, Berkeley/Microsoft … you get the idea.



• Blended learning: “Education is going to be online, offline.... a mix of both... it is going to be blended learning and it is going to stay.”



• Reduce viral load with Nasal rinsing and gargling with saline water: "Like hand wash, nose and throat wash may also remove or reduce viral load.



• Stealing research: US says Chinese hacking coronavirus vaccine research.



• Ultraviolet Sanitiser: DRDO lab develops device to sanitise electronic gadgets, papers



• Green mobility: Peaking interest on the humble two-wheeled bicycle has come as a pleasant surprise. “Under the National Disaster Management Act, the Centre has been issuing guidelines for the use of different vehicles. But there is no mention of bicycles or its benefits”. . . “The real cost of motorised transport hasn’t been calculated, though it is threatening the health of a large population. The govt should start campaigning for bicycles at all levels for a fit India”.



• Two must-read threads for deeper insight into Hindu minds:
Thread1:

You can complain all you want about Sai Baba and Satya Sai Baba. But they are giving today's Hindus something that they want.
To understand Baba and his devotees, you must understand human nature.
- Humans need faith. They need someone to hold their hand and tell them it's okay

— Suren (@zeneraalstuff) May 7, 2020


Thread2:

Very valid point

As traditional religious sects have turned into jaded establishments that are a pale shadow of what they once were, new institutions take their place https://t.co/rUBF9thsoN

— Śrīkānta Kṛṣṇamācārya (@shrikanth_krish) May 7, 2020