🧠#BrainFood 12.11.24
Taylor Swift’s Era’s tour run generated $2bn, doubling any other concert tour EVER
$2,077,618,725: Era’s tour gross sales. This does not include aftermarket sales info
10,168,008 Attendees: That’s about 68k people per show.
484 hours: The amount of time Taylor performed.
$197 million: Amount she paid in bonuses to her staff
Which means, Ms. Swift generated $4.2m per hour she performed
Caitlin Clark: Athlete Of The Year
She is just the beginning of a meteoric rise for the WNBA.
The Caitlin effect, by the numbers:
WNBA regular-season attendance increased by 48%
The regular season was the most-viewed in 24 years across ESPN platforms, with an average of 1.19 million viewers, up 170% from last season
The league experienced 154 sellouts, a 242% increase from last season’s 45 sellouts
Why It’s Time to Get Optimistic About Self-Driving Cars
Challenges in Commercializing Autonomous Vehicles: The commercialization of autonomous vehicles has proven to be more challenging than anticipated. Despite significant advancements, experts believe that true full self-driving cars may still be decades away due to current limitations in AI technology.
Data-Driven vs. Data-Informed Decision Making: Systems, including AI, are data-driven, meaning they make decisions based solely on input data and algorithms. In contrast, people are data-informed, using data as one of several factors in their decision-making process.
Predictions and Expectations for Self-Driving Cars: Popular media has made numerous predictions about the transformative impact of self-driving cars on society. However, realistic expectations suggest that while these vehicles will bring changes, the timeline and extent of these changes remain uncertain
Punk Rock UTD, 1970
Punk Rock Utd: an all-star team of various musicians of the late-1970s London rock scene playing charity football matches in 1979 against Shoot! Magazine and a TV sporting celebrities team and ending up playing at Stamford Bridge Chelsea FC ground, as captured by Bob Legon for Smash Hits.
How many London rockers can you name?
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