Frank Brown Cloud

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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.

    February 5, 2021

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Medicine
    CFC, CFCs, chemical warfare, Chemical Warfare's Home Front, chlorofluorocarbons, civilization collapse, complexity, coolant, coolants, coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, Covid, covid epidemic, covid in prison, covid mutant, covid mutation, covid pandemic, covid spread, covid variant, Covid-19, duration of immunity, fertilizer, Fritz Haber, Haber, immunity, incarceration, Jenny Kleeman, masks, mass incarceration, mutant, mutation, overpopulation, Pages to Prisoners, Pandemic, population, prison, Sex Robots and Vegan Meat, spread of covid, synthetic fertilizer, technology, transmission, vaccination, vaccine, variant, viral reproduction, viral transmission, virus, virus dynamics
    On complexity and seemingly good ideas.
  • On Gamestop and counterfeiting.

    The problem isn’t Gamestop. Some people are allowed to counterfeit money, while others go to jail.

    February 1, 2021

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Economics
    bank, bank credit, bank lending, bank regulation, banking, banks, block chain, blockchain, blockchains, brokerages, capitalism, contract law, currency, deregulation, failure to deliver, federal reserve, finance, fixing the stock market, free market, gamestock, gamestonk, GameStop, Gamestop stock, GME, hedge funds, incarceration, jail, jail poetry, lending, mass incarceration, Money and Government, money supply, naked short, naked shorts, poetry in jail, prison, reddit, regulation, robert skidelsky, SEC, share price, short, short sell, short selling, stock, stock market, stock market regulation, stock prices, stock regulation, stock shorting, stocks, unfair markets
    On Gamestop and counterfeiting.
  • On self-importance.

    We aren’t the stars of other people’s stories — and that’s okay.

    January 8, 2021

    Frank Brown Cloud

    Book reviews, Physics
    addiction, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, anxiety, Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom, Blake Crouch, career, caretakers, caretaking, children or career, clone battle, clones, dark matter, decoherence, drug, drug addiction, drugs, Exhalation, family, family or career, family versus career, Hugh Everett, infinity, jail, love, macaques, many worlds, many worlds theory, many-worlds interpretation, Nezhukumathil, opiates, postponing children for career, prioritizing caretaking, prioritizing family, Pulp Fiction, quantum decoherence, quantum measurement, quantum mechanics, Quentin Tarantino, rehab, sci-fi, sci-fi thriller, science fiction, taking care of family, Ted Chiang, thrill, World of Wonders
    On self-importance.
  • On isolation, depression, and suicide.

    Things can get better. Please, reach out.

    December 18, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts
    100 Little Pieces on the End of the World, A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World, Covid, Covid depression, Covid-19, Deadpool, depressed, depression, Gerry Duggan, holidays, how to get help, Ian Doescher, John Remember, Pandemic, Remember, sad, school, suffering, suicidal ideation, suicidal thoughts, suicide, suicide prevention, thinking about suicide
    On isolation, depression, and suicide.
  • On magic.

    No matter how well our culture hides it, everyone will die someday.

    December 10, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    Evolutionary biology, Parenting, Schooling
    children, children's magic tricks, coronavirus, covid pandemic, covid response, covid school closures, Covid-19, end of life, epidemic, first grade magic, first grader magic, Magic, magic for kids, magic tricks, mortality, Pandemic, pandemic response, parenting, preschooler magic, school, school closure, school closures
    On magic.
  • On reinfection.

    Yes, you can catch Covid-19 again.

    November 20, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Medicine
    aymptomatic covid, can you get infected again?, catch covid twice, coronavirus, coronavirus response, coronavirus twice, Covid, covid reinfection, covid response, Covid twice, Covid-19, Covid-19 epidemic, Covid-19 reinfection, Covid-19 testing, Covid-19 twice, get sick again, infected again, infected again with covid, medical terminology, New York City, NYC covid, re-infection, re-infections, reinfection, reinfections, school closure, school closures, second infection, shedding virus, sick again, transmission, viral shedding, virus
    On reinfection.
  • On predictions and a scientific response to calamity.

    School closures lead to lost lives down the road. And school closures don’t help much against Covid-19. We should keep in-person schools open.

    November 20, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Medicine, Politics, Schooling
    age demographics, case fatality rate, children, children and covid, coronavirus, coronavirus epidemic, coronavirus policies, coronavirus reinfection, coronavirus response, coronavirus risks, Covid, covid epidemic, covid in children, covid pandemic, covid policies, covid reinfection, covid risks, Covid testing, covid vaccine, Covid versus flu, Covid versus influenza, Covid-19, Covid-19 epidemic, Covid-19 testing, demographics, demographics of risk, educational achievement, endemic, endemic disease, epidemic, flu season, harms to children, herd immunity, herd immunity threshold, in-person learning, in-person school, infection, infection fatality rate, influenza, influenza season, lockdown, mask orders, mask wearing, masks, Pandemic, pneumonia deaths, reinfection, remote learning, remote school, school, school closure, school closures, should we close schools, shutdown, transmission dynamics, vaccination, vaccine, we shouldn't close schools, years of life lost, zoogenic disease
    On predictions and a scientific response to calamity.
  • On good news.

    How is new white paint like the defeat of our nation’s white-supremacist in chief? They’re both ample reason to celebrate.

    November 8, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Politics
    45, 46, air conditioning, apocalypse prepping, Biden, bunker, calcium carbonate, calcium carbonate paint, climate, climate change, climate destabilization, cooling, Donald Trump, election, electoral college, energy efficiency, energy efficient cooling, global warming, human extinction, Joe Biden, popular vote, PotUS, presidential election, reflective paint, secret bunker, Trump, U.S. politics, voting, white painted buildings, white supremacists, white supremacy
    On good news.
  • On childcare.

    Love from parents is great, but children benefit most from a whole network of care.

    October 23, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Evolutionary biology, Parenting, Schooling
    caretaking, child care, child development, child psychology, childcare, childhood development, children, developmental psychology, elementary school, elementary school teachers, evolutionary psychology, extended care network, father, fatherhood, Hrdy, Monroe County YMCA, motherhood, mothering, nuclear families, parenting, parents, Play and Learn, raising children, raising kids, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Sarah Hrdy, school, school teachers, teacher, teachers, teaching, the importance of childcare, valuing childcare, valuing children, valuing teachers, YMCA, YMCA Play and Learn
    On childcare.
  • On sending kids to school.

    I worry when I send my kids to school. I worry that my kids might be hurt by guns, bullying, climate change. But not Covid-19.

    October 15, 2020

    Frank Brown Cloud

    All posts, Medicine, Parenting, Schooling
    45, can I get covid again?, climate change, climate threat, coronavirus, coronavirus epidemic, coronavirus in schools, coronavirus pandemic, coronavirus reinfection, coronavirus vaccine, coronavirus versus flu, covid data, Covid in schools, covid reinfection, covid risk, covid shutdown, covid vaccine, Covid versus flu, Covid versus influenza, Covid-19, Covid-19 epidemic, Covid-19 vaccine, David Katz, Donald Trump, fatherhood, flu, flu shot, flu vaccine, follow the science, followthescience, gun violence, harm minimization, harm reduction, in-person school, infected again, infected twice, influenza, parenting, PotUS, reinfection, risk assessment, risk reduction, school, school closure, school closures, school risk, school safety, Trump, vaccine development, vaccine trials, Weasle News
    On sending kids to school.
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