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An Exclusive Preview of My Next Video

Grand Theft Auto meets epidemiology

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Tivadar Danka
Jul 28, 2026
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Hey! It’s Tivadar from The Palindrome.

I’ve been working on my next video for quite a while. It’s one of my biggest projects yet. This time, I rebuilt the Liberty City map from the first installment of Grand Theft Auto — and decided to run thousands of simulations to study the dynamics of epidemics and the effect of control measures.

Even though the video is not yet ready, I want to give you an exclusive sneak peek! So, I decided to share two scenes from the video with you: the introduction and the part where I explain the infection dynamics and the SEIR model.


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