A guide to negotiating a covid "bubble" with other people

"The first day was really hard": Life as a contact tracer 

The Download Your daily dose of what’s up in emerging technology 05.11.20 Good morning! Today: how to agree a covid "bubble" with others, and what it's like to be a contact tracer. Get your friends to sign up here to get The Download every day. A guide to negotiating a covid “bubble” with other people   This weekend I’m going to break my isolation for the first time in two months (writes Gideon Lichfield, MIT Technology Review’s editor-in-chief.) Aside from occasional socially distanced bike rides and walks in the park with a handful of trusted friends, I haven’t spent time with anyone. But now I’ve agreed with some friends nearby to become part of their “pod,” “quaranteam,” or “bubble.” Effectively we’ll become an extended family, free to visit each other’s homes, share meals, and—yes!—hug. I live alone, but I’m a very social person, and the mere thought of being able to sit next to someone on a couch feels like finding water after days wandering in a desert. In some places, “double-bubbling” is becoming official policy: households are being encouraged to buddy up for the sake of variety and mental health. But negotiating to become part of someone else’s intimate circle in the midst of a pandemic is fraught with dangers both medical (what if you inadvertently infect one another?) and social. (What if you have a falling out? Whom do you pick? What if they don’t pick you?) Agreeing to bubble up is a bit like negotiating an open relationship: What’s allowed? What isn’t? What do we need to communicate about? How do we resolve disagreements? Here are some suggested guidelines for how to have the conversation, based on nothing more than my own experience and that of friends and colleagues. They include agreeing to all follow the same rules, and sharing your daily routines with each other. Read the full list. “The first day was really hard”: Life as a contact tracer The situation: As American states weigh the possibility of reopening services in the face of the covid-19 pandemic, the demand for contact tracing—helping track down and isolate potential carriers of the virus—will get even larger. We spoke to people working as contact tracers across America to understand what it’s like, what they’re seeing, and what might be coming next. Who they are: We spoke to a 44-year-old librarian in San Francisco, a 79-year-old retired doctor in Massachusetts, and a 22-year-old public health graduate in Utah. Read about their experiences. —Bobbie Johnson and James Temple We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun and distraction in these weird times. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or tweet 'em at me.)   + A choir director recorded a re-casting of Billy Joel’s (Haven’t Seen You For) The Longest Time for his students.   + People are getting bored of baking so they’re turning their loaves into frogs.   + Astronomers have captured some amazing new images of Jupiter.   + Andy Serkis read The Hobbit in a 12-hour marathon over the weekend to raise money for charity.   + Someone recreated their local pub in VR 🍻 The top ten must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The trouble with contact tracing apps In trying to fix one big problem, they create lots of small ones. (WSJ $)   + ICYMI - we have compiled a tracker of the trackers. (TR) 2 How pandemics tend to end History suggests there won’t be a sudden, clear victory. (NYT $) 3 The car is making a comeback 🚘 It’s the mode of transport of choice as people emerge from lockdown. (Bloomberg) 4 South Korea is scrambling to contain a new coronavirus outbreak Many of the cases can be traced back to one man who went to multiple bars on a night out. (Reuters) 5 Can’t focus? You’re not alone Our prefrontal cortex essentially shuts down when we’re exposed to prolonged stress. (New Statesman) 6 Flying during a pandemic sounds even worse than you’d think ✈️ An interesting glimpse into how scared and paranoid we’ve all become. (The Atlantic)   + The future looks pretty shaky for the nascent flying car industry. (Wired $) 7 What it’s like when Google mistakes you for someone famous A reporter spent a whole year with people contacting her thinking she was Mackenzie Bezos. (Wired $) 8 Inside the expedition to the deepest points in all five oceans 🌊 This is as crazy and thrilling as any movie. (New Yorker $) 9 Can we escape from information overload?  One artist decided to live in the dark for a few weeks to find out. (1843 Magazine) 10 What happened when six boys were marooned for 15 months Faith in humanity: restored. (The Guardian) We've partnered with Harvard Business Review to bring you EmTech Next, a 3-day virtual conference examining technology, leadership, and change. You'll hear from executives at Google Cloud, Slack, and Zoom, among other organizations, about how to manage change while preparing for the next unknown. Learn more. Quote of the day “It’s not going to be a normal American summer, with concerts, and sporting events, and crowds. Those things are not likely to happen.” —Lisa Carlson, president of the American Public Health Association, tries to manage expectations in an interview with Buzzfeed News. Top image credit: Getty Please send frog bread to hi@technologyreview.com. Follow me on Twitter at @charlottejee. Thanks for reading! —Charlotte Was this newsletter forwarded to you, and you'd like to see more? 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