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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss a trio of human-scale moments that reveal how small details shape larger systems.
- 📜 On this day in 1777, a midwife stepped in and directly preserved George Washington’s life during a crucial Revolutionary War moment — a reminder that single caregiving acts can pivot the course of history and reframes how we credit contingency beyond generals and armies.
- 🎂 We celebrate the birthdays of Georges Seurat (1859), Maria Callas (1923), and Gianni Versace (1946), focusing on Seurat’s pointillism — how meticulous dots function like a visual algorithm, a study in perception and systemic composition that echoes ecological and computational thinking.
- 💡 Fact of the day: emergency numbers vary — in the U.S. you dial 911, but in Stockholm you dial 90000; that simple difference underscores how critical local knowledge and proper localization are for safety, especially for travelers and field researchers.
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