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- Headline: Ebola Quarantine Policies Examined. Impact: After the Ebola crisis, quarantines became the hottest new trend. Forget yoga retreats; everyone was now into self-isolation. Little did they know, this would lead to a boom in home delivery pizza and Netflix subscriptions, setting the stage for the ultimate binge-watching culture.. Fact: Quarantines have been around since the 14th century. So really, the only thing new here is that people now have Wi-Fi while they wait out their isolation..
- Headline: Zuckerberg's Philanthropy Gains Flexibility. Impact: Zuckerberg's philanthropic initiative being an LLC means they can control the narrative. This set a precedent for future billionaires to shield their wealth while pretending to save the world, creating a new genre of ‘benevolent billionaires’ that would soon dominate social media feeds.. Fact: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is essentially a philanthropic shield, because saving the world isn’t easy when you’ve got a fortune to protect..
- Headline: Yahoo Struggles as an Afterthought to Advertisers. Impact: Yahoo's decline as an afterthought in advertising budgets led to a collective awakening among tech companies: if you’re not Facebook or Google, you might as well be selling lemonade on a street corner. Thus was born the era of niche startups no one asked for.. Fact: Yahoo was once the king of the internet. Now it's like that one friend who still uses MySpace and insists they're 'just nostalgic.'.