What I Learned Today

[brynndragon]

The thing that prevent SARS from becoming a pandemic, from infecting a single-digit fraction of the world's population and killing millions if not hundreds of millions of people, was not advanced medical treatment. It was not any number of incredible doctors or a sophisticated emergency response system.

It was web-crawlers.

Welcome to the future.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/58

Comments

[unseelie.livejournal.com]

well she mentions that
.
and goes on to say that you don't grow new brain cells
but you can get brain cancer

:p

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

As *I* noted below. Geez, read the whole thread first ;P.