#Panic

much health policy in 2020 has been sold as a trolley problem. you could pick "economy" or "lives" but not both.this has never been true. lockdowns and travel bans and
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When risks scale linearly danger is proportional to size and things predictable. Low probability events with exponential effects are unpredictable. The more of these the more fragile the system is.
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2020 *should* mark a widespread legitimacy crisis in the public mind, but won't—The memetic energy of "2020" has already been harnessed for use in a sort of mysticism in which
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4 Investment Lessons You Can Learn From Stoicism.=THREAD= Stoicism is a 2000 years old philosophy that has given some of the best life advice to mankind.Some of these principles can
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My step-cousin had a wedding three weeks ago. They’re anti-maskers. My granny went even though she cares for my grandpa at home who has dementia. Everyone got sick afterwards, he
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any time you try to tell grognards that yes, the creators of D&D were conservative Christians, they *lose their shit* like, even if I *hadn't* worked directly with plenty of
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I have been tasked with running workshops for academics to help get materials in line with web accessibility guidelines (https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/accessibility-regulations-what-you-need-to-know) that came in in 2018 but will start bein
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**THREAD**"OMG I MISSED IT. I'VE MISSED THE BULL RUN. I'VE MISSED THE PUMP."Today isn't a win for everyone.I'll try to give you a rundown here on why you don't need
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Good morning, Twitter Since a bunch of sex-trafficking conspiracy theorists (and some well-meaning but misinformed folks) are demanding that I explain myself... Good news: I already have (at length!). This
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Just a quick summary of 2020:• Trump Was Impeached (and later acquitted) • Covid-19 Pandemic• Black Lives Matter • Tiger King • Locust Swarms in Africa• Australia Bush Fires• Beirut
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Throughout this pandemic I've been so frustrated with many people who have been arguing with health experts and I've been trying to figure out why I'm so comfortable giving my
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I'm convinced that the best way to understand everything going on right now is to look to the beginning of the 20th century, technically starting with the Panic of 1893,
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Im actually seeing people waking up on "trust the plan" tweets and accounts. This is awesome!!! When people start to realize what is actually going on, it is the
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1. OK, I'm calling bs on "news" of "COVID parties"—college students TRYING to get COVID. It has all the failure hallmarks of moral panic, Chomsky's 4th filter of manufactured consent
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A study during the Dec 19 election found that 88% of Conservative campaign ads were untruthful. I still think about this exchange, days before the election. The normalising of Conservative
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anxiety can really destroy your digestive system. the hormones + chemicals released when you are anxious or having panic attacks interrupts the gut bacteria which creates an imbalance. so, now
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