Before mobiles, Kerala’s fishermen in India sold their catch wherever they docked, some markets overflowed while others had none. Then phones came along. They started calling ahead, finding better prices, cutting waste, and everyone won. One simple change made the whole system smarter [OC]

Posted by sidvatscse

4 comments

  1. Interesting. What are the dates of this data and the source?

  2. Ffs, how is this bs not total AI bs? -.-
    Plot y-axis goes down to zero…who would sell for zero…no time axis just random number x-axid…no content at all. Just empty spam.

  3. It’s interesting to see the period of lag while people learnt how to take advantage of the phone as a new tool. It’s also interesting to see how consistent the price spikes become during period of (presumed) high demand. Really interesting research

  4. I read exactly the same thing about fishermen in Northern Africa years ago.

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