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On Gabrielle Zevin’s ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ and video games as art.
For better & for ill, games can welcome us into another world and show us the choices we would make.
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On masks and whether they ‘work.’
Masks can *delay* illness; only vaccination will prevent it..
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On isolation, depression, and suicide.
Things can get better. Please, reach out.
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On magic.
No matter how well our culture hides it, everyone will die someday.
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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.
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On childcare.
Love from parents is great, but children benefit most from a whole network of care.
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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.
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On threat.
We’re not focusing on the threats that will harm us most.
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On grammar in Latin and English.
Based on the history of English usage, singular “they” is even more acceptable than singular “you.”
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On talking to students about school, particularly high schoolers.
Oscar Fernandez (find him @EverydayCalc) recently wrote a charming little article about how to talk to your high-school-aged kids about math. Well worth the quick read, if you’re a parent, or might someday be a parent, or happen to interact with other people’s kids. He has some great tips, and provides a lucid description of why it’s…
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