Frank Brown Cloud

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  • On ‘Among Us’ and parenting.

    I found the imposters! But I love them too much to vote them off the ship.

    October 8, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    Parenting, Video games
    Among Us, children, Covid parenting, fatherhood, InnerSloth, InnerSloth Among Us, mobile games, pandemic parenting, parenting, parenting during pandemic, preschool-age kids, raising children, social deduction games
    On ‘Among Us’ and parenting.
  • On ‘Among Us’ and honesty.

    How is ‘Among Us’ like ‘The Art of Seduction’? They’ll help you learn to get what you want. But I doubt I’ll play again.

    October 3, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Video games
    Among Us, Among Us game, Among Us game review, Among Us review, Among Us strategy, Among Us tips, Art of Seduction, bluffing, childhood trauma, consensual roleplay, consent, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theory, Daniel Dennett, deception, emotions, ethical game design, ethics, ethics of computer games, ethics of games, ethics of gaming, ethics of video games, Freedom Evolves, gambling, game, honesty, illusion, InnerSloth, InnerSloth Among Us, Jonathan Blow, lying, lying games, Maria Konnikova, Midwest Pages to Prisoners, mobile game, mobile games, MWPP, Pages to Prisoners, philosophy, philosophy of computer games, philosophy of video games, pick up artist, pickup artist, pickup artists, pickup guides, poker, poker strategy, polyamorous, polyamory, prisoners’ dilemma, privilege, Robert Greene, roleplay, roleplaying, roleplaying games, santa claus, Secret Hitler, seduction, seduction guide, seduction guides, social deduction, social deduction game, social deduction games, The Art of Seduction, The Biggest Bluff, unethical game design
    On ‘Among Us’ and honesty.
  • On autism and parenting.

    My kids are lucky to have such dissimilar parents. Which is happier than thinking I’m the defective parent.

    September 25, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    Parenting
    ASD, autism parenting, autism spectrum, autistic parent, building relationships, child psychology, childhood, childhood development, data mining, data-driven dating, dating apps, dating sites, developmental psychology, family, father, fatherhood, growing together, human development, love, mate choice, parenting, parenting on the spectrum, parenting with autism, personal growth, psychology studies, raising a family, raising children, raising kids, relationships, romance
    On autism and parenting.
  • On threat.

    We’re not focusing on the threats that will harm us most.

    September 18, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    Medicine, Schooling
    80% asymptomatic, 80% no symptoms, Amartya Sen, An Uncertain Glory, antibiotic resistance, asymptomatic, case fatality rate, cash incentives, cash rewards, caution, climate change, climate destabilization, coronavirus, coronavirus epidemic, coronavirus immunity, coronavirus pandemic, coronavirus versus flu, Covid, covid immunity, covid immunity for a few months, covid vaccine, Covid-19, Covid-19 immunity, Covid-19 vaccine, death rate, drug trials, duration of covid immunity, economics, externalities, extinction, forest fires, global warming, Gregory Mankiw, how many asymptomatic, how much asymptomatic, how we die, human extinction, hydroxychloquine, immunity, immunosuppression, infection fatality rate, infectious disease, infectious disease deaths, infectious diseases, Jean Dreze, Mankiw, mask wearing, masks, medical ethics, monetary incentives, New York City response, nursing home care, nursing home deaths, nursing home policy, nursing homes, our house is on fire, paperclip game, phase 1 trials, plant based, pneumonia, positive externalities, risk averse, Robert Gordon, school, school closure, school districts, school openings, school reopenings, shutdown, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, universal paperclips, vaccine, vaccine development, vaccine subsidy, vaccine trials, vaccines, vegan, veganism, vegetarian, wearing masks, wildfires, zoogenic, zoogenic disease, zoogenic diseases
    On threat.
  • On apocalypse clocks.

    It’s 10:58 a.m. If we’re still here at 7:26 p.m., we die. Can we escape? Not if we roast ourselves at 10:59.

    September 5, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Evolutionary biology
    24 hours, 24-hour geological clock, apocalypse, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, carbon tax, climate change, climate destabilization, cognitive gaps, desertification, end of life, end of life on Earth, escape from Earth, evolution, evolutionary time, extinction, geological clock, geology, global warming, greenhouse gases, human evolution, human folly, humans arose in last 2 minutes, humans arose in last minute, illustrating data, illustrating time, interstellar migration, life of the sun, life on Earth in a single day, lifespan of the sun, lifetime of the sun, Marcia Bjornerud, mass extinction, representing data, representing time, representing time as a day, Revelation, review of Timefulness, space exploration, thinking like a geologist, Timefulness, Timefulness review
    On apocalypse clocks.
  • On conspiracy.

    With a select few, we breathe the same air.

    August 28, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Medicine
    breathe, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, conspirator, coronavirus, coronavirus antibodies, coronavirus transmission, Covid, covid transmission, Covid-19, Covid-19 antibodies, Covid-19 transmission, duration of coronavirus immunity, duration of covid immunity, duration of immunity, epidemic, etymology, herd immunity, herd immunity threshold, immunity, Latin etymology, Latin roots, mask, mask order, masks, Pandemic, roots of words, short immunity, short-lived immunity, we breathe the same air, we share the same air, wearing masks, word roots
    On conspiracy.
  • On ants and infection.

    Punishing young people for socializing doesn’t just hurt young people, it will cause more vulnerable people to die.

    August 22, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Medicine
    ant, ant epidemics, broad immunity to coronaviruses, college, college dating, college during covid, college students, college town, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, Covid, covid research, covid spread, covid vaccine, Covid-19, Covid-19 epidemic, Covid-19 research, Covid-19 science, Covid-19 vaccine, cross-reactivity, Dana Hawley, demographic exposure, epidemic, erika meitner, frat, frat guys, frat party, fraternities, frats, harm reduction, helping young people, herd immunity, how to protect vulnerable groups, immunity, immunization, Indiana University, infectious, infectious disease, influenza, IU, managing risk, masks, nature, Pandemic, party, pediatric eschatology, pre-immunity, preventing deaths, protecting others, protecting vulnerable groups, risk, science, scientific research, shifting demographics of exposure, shifting exposure, social distance, social distancing, social immunity, social pod, T-cell immunity, university, university students, unrealistic expectations, vaccination, vaccine, vaccine approval, vaccine development, vaccine efficacy, vaccines, who is at risk, young people, zombie ants
    On ants and infection.
  • On octopuses and family gatherings.

    Octopuses are brilliant! They solve puzzles, use tools, and plan ahead. And they’re no closer to us than worms??

    August 15, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Ecology, Evolutionary biology
    all babies are scientists, anglerfish, blanket octopus, cartoon, cartoon earthworm, cartoon family reunion, cartoon octopus, cartoon worm, deuterostome, earthworm cartoon, family reunion, jellyfish stingers, jellyfish whip, octopus, octopus at a family reunion, octopus brains, octopus cartoon, octopus tool use, octopus tools, octopus using jellyfish stingers, octopus using tools, octopuses, our ancestors were scientists, protostome, science, scientific method, tool use, we are all scientists, what is science, who is a scientist
    On octopuses and family gatherings.
  • On the theory of mind.

    If we’re lucky, we learn that others not only think, but feel.

    August 9, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    Book reviews
    brian phillips, But Not Like Your Typical Love Story, donnie darko, impossible owls, Lydie Marland, Marland Mansion, theory of mind
    On the theory of mind.
  • On hydroxychloroquine, expertise, and the power of persuasion.

    Hydroxychlorquine doesn’t work, unless you’re trying to give yourself heart trouble. It’s good for that.

    August 2, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Medicine, Parenting, Schooling
    American Journal of Epidemiology, catch covid again, chloroquine, confirmation bias, coronavirus, Covid, covid mortality, Covid twice, Covid-19, cytotoxic, early treatment, epidemiology, getting infected twice, Harvey Risch, high risk hydroxychloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, hydroxychloroquine covid, hydroxychloroquine study, in vitro hydroxychloroquine, jimsonweed, mild symptoms, Monroe New York, Newsweek, preventative hydroxychloroquine, prophylactic hydroxychloroquine, Risch, SARS-CoV-2, school closure, shedding virus, vaccine, viral shedding, Vladimir Zelenko, waning immunity, Zelenko
    On hydroxychloroquine, expertise, and the power of persuasion.
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