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On masks and whether they ‘work.’
Masks can *delay* illness; only vaccination will prevent it..
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On trauma and the marshmallow test.
This year has left most of us feeling traumatized. Try to make space to take care of yourself.
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On vaccination.
How do the Covid-19 vaccines work, and why were they made this way?
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On Lev Grossman’s ‘The Magicians,’ the incel ‘Harry Potter.’
Magical fantasy, set in the sort of world where the self-styled “best & brightest” choose finance.
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On bad penis puns.
Modern English is built on a foundation of The King James Bible and William Shakespeare – the former, plagiarized from a person we burned on the stake for his efforts; the latter, Lord Regent of Bad Penis Puns, as though his very name compelled him: Willy-I-Am Shake-Spear, Billy Wagcock, old I am a dick now…
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On cooperation and cons: Our theft from young people.
We demanded sacrifices from younger people to fight Covid-19, but we’re not making sacrifices to help them in return.
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On perspective and Zoom.
It’s easy for our experience of the world to blind us to others’ realities. Over Zoom, you see less suffering.
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On complexity and seemingly good ideas.
As we patch problems, we make the world more complex. And we might be making our problems worse.
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On Gamestop and counterfeiting.
The problem isn’t Gamestop. Some people are allowed to counterfeit money, while others go to jail.
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On isolation, depression, and suicide.
Things can get better. Please, reach out.
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