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Predicting pandemics with search engines

Lucy Bernholz

13 Nov 2008

Google has realized that it might be able to predict flu outbreaks by monitoring search patterns. To see what they see check out Google Flu Trends.

This is an example of the kind of disruptive innovation that becomes possible when you see new information or old information in new ways. Great potential for viewing philanthropic capital.

Tags: philanthropy, data, googleflu

crowded stairwell with sign reading more books. walls are covered with books, shelves, and ephemera

Books and other stuff

The Philanthropy Book Club (PBC) has been up and running since the beginning of this year. We're on our fourth book together. So far we've covered Nonprofit Neighborhoods; Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2073; How Beautiful We Were; and we&
06 Aug 2025 1 min read
black backgroun, three books - the Grievers Trilogy by adrienne marie brown.

PBC - Grievers - August 26/27

August? How did that happen? Time flies when your democracy is being destroyed. Here's the info for our book club meeting about adrienne marie brown's Grievers, the first in her trilogy (perhaps we'll choose to read the other two as well). I finished the
01 Aug 2025 1 min read
two stop lights one with red arrow pointing ahead and one with curved arrow bending behind

Which way to the future?

I've recently had a chance to learn a little about philanthropy on the African continent. In a far-ranging video discussion, thirty African philanthropy professionals talked about their information needs during a session of the African Philanthropy Conference. Context matters here. First, language matters - the French-speaking participants noted
31 Jul 2025 2 min read
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