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Behavior
A High-Speed Scientific Hive Mind Emerged from the COVID Pandemic
The pandemic pushed researchers into new forms of rapid communication and collaboration
Joseph Bak-Coleman is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington Center for an Informed Public. He studies how communications technology affects collective decision-making.
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