Notes

“…as far from the bat as possible.”

This sober view COVID-19 by @xandvt gave me a new way to think about measures beyond curve-flattening.

We are creating a selection environment to encourage this novel coronavirus to evolve into a less harmful form, more like its cousins.

Belligerent ignorance is the new terrorism.

This rant towards the NY Times is perfect.

Trump may be openly attacking the press, but he cannot force them to play his stupid us-vs-them games. The fourth estate has committed suicide, sacrificing our culture so their businesses could survive the internet.

World of Warcraft had a pandemic and the CDC used the data to refine epidemiology models.

We are now in a pandemic simulation run by the real humans. Sadly, this is the “incompetent leadership” scenario, and if we manage to survive it will be re-used for the climate change sim.

I really wish all the public design languages out there would admit they are re-introducing depth and affordances to software UI. #kidsthesedays

The actual experts working on scenarios to prevent large-scale death in the US usually “end” with a regimen of contact tracing and contain.

We can’t even pull off the census without politics getting in the way, and never restrain the movement of white people. 😬