I’m surprised there are only six reasons.
[Update a couple minutes later]
They didn’t even include this one.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Testing Efficiency
This is the way to do it.
As the thread points out, you could just do one test per household, on the assumption that if one is infected, all are or will be. Hope the CDC/White House are aware of this thinking, because it makes a hell of a lot of sense to accelerate our knowledge of the scope.
[Early-afternoon update]
Turns out there’s a rapid-test device already available in hospitals.
The Biased Media
The Manchurian media wants you to forget their own terrible coverage.
Telebarbering
It’s now a thing.
I was just thinking we are all going to come out of this with either long hair, shaved heads, or with terrible haircuts (except for those rare people who are hunkering down with barbers and stylists).
Truck Drivers
…make it possible for everyone else to work from home.
They are underappreciated.
Coronavirus Deaths
When are they actually coronavirus deaths?
Dying with coronavirus does not necessarily imply dying from it.
Apollo 13
Hard to believe it’s the half-century anniversary.
Starliner
Boeing took a $400M charge in the fourth quarter last year to pay for an uncrewed reflight. Today they announced that they’re going to do it, probably in the fall. Unless something goes very wrong, SpaceX is almost certain to be first. I suspect that the Boeing board is regretting taking on the contract now.
[Update a few minutes later
Eric Berger has the story.
K-12 Education
Rethinking accountability in the wake of the pandemic.
This event has exposed a lot of shibboleths.
The Millions-Ventilator Myth
How the misinformation spread.
You should really, really, really not want to be put on a ventilator. It’s sort of like ejecting from an aircraft; attempted suicide to avoid certain death.