Category Archives: Science And Society

Five Needed Paradigm Shifts

revealed by the pandemic. The latter two are particularly important.

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Related: A litany of useless laws have been exposed as well.

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The coming age of dispersion.

We’ve been wanting to get out of the city for a long time. Most people don’t realize how large and empty the American west is, including California itself. New technology is going to make it increasingly possible and affordable to live comfortably off the grid.

Bad Regulations

Yes, the best response next time would be to shut down the CDC and FDA. Even Cuomo admitted that the regulations were slowing things down.

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Stop panicking over bad data.

I won’t be surprised to find out when this is all over that the mortality rate was one in a thousand.

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Ford is making ventilators from seat fans.

#Murrica

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Sorry, first link is fixed now.

Extinction rebellion

Kind of sucks to not be able to die because you might get sick.

America’s Micro And Macro Efforts

…to combat the epidemic. At the least, it’s an interesting experiment.

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Meanwhile, the Manchurian media.

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South Korea infections are dropping; what’s the key to its success?

Basically, testing and tracing. I’ll feel better once there’s a lot more testing going on here.

[Update late morning]

When will it be over, and how will be know? TL;DR, it’s about getting R naught below 1.

Meanwhile, despite the slow start, there’s a lot we can be proud of.