Some interesting thoughts. I’m a somewhat aggressive independent thinker. Elon is way out on that spectrum.
Cuomo
Baby, please come back.
This virus has been like a wildfire, sweeping through education, academia, and blue cities. It took technological and social trends that were already happening, and rapidly accelerated them, and now they’re smoldering ashes. I don’t think any of them will ever be the same again. And that’s not a bad thing.
Common Colds
…may have enabled some people to fight the coronavirus.
[Update a while later]
Per some of the comments, I can’t actually remember when the last time was that I was sick. I suspect I have a pretty strong immune system (may be a combination of my mostly-keto diet and a lot of fasting). I have to fly to DC in a couple weeks for a deposition, but I’m not really sweating it.
The Virus
…has been oversold.
At some point, the people will simply rebel.
And a depressing post from Virginia Postrel about “the new normal.”
[Update a few minutes later]
In which the former editor of Reason magazine is called a “lefty Marxist.”
The Latest From Portland
Ted Wheeler is reaping the whirlwind.
My Life Pouring Concrete
An interesting perspective on working men.
The statistic of how many construction workers are killed each year makes NASA’s insistence on absolute astronaut safety at all costs seem even more insane. Once we get serious about space, people are going to die up there, but NASA will never be allowed to get serious about space.
Pushback Against THe Democrats’ Overreach
Has it begun?
Hydroxychloriquine
There’s a mountain of evidence that it’s effective.
How many people have died due to this latest Trump derangement?
The Truth Of Racism
Yes, there are always going to be people (often crazy people) who think you are a racist. That doesn’t mean you are one.
[Noon update on Friday]
The racialist American media is preparing us for a new civil war.
Mask Shaming
…causes a scuffle in Manhattan Beach. This happened just a couple miles from us.