Science in the time of coronavirus: Exploring the tension between scientific reasoning and human irrationality. https://bit.ly/2WWPWgy
Robert Dingwall: We should deescalate the war on the coronavirus: Fear, finger-pointing, and militaristic action against the virus are unproductive. We may be better off adjusting to a new normal of periodic outbreaks. https://bit.ly/39ukNn9
Alastair Campbel: Time for Johnson to get serious about crisis management skills. His twenty checkpoints for his briefing team https://bit.ly/2vYKBdh
Jeremy Shapiro: Little Britain: Will Brexit break up the United Kingdom? https://fam.ag/2xw6Ac1
CoinDesk podcast: Disruption, money, and a world of change, featuring Niall Ferguson https://bit.ly/3dIyl1t
"I think the right lesson to draw from all of this is that a global order needs to be based on a distributed operating system, not on a centralized architecture..." - Niall Ferguson
AEI: National coronavirus response: A road map to reopening https://bit.ly/2QWEVro
Faye Flam: Confirmed coronavirus cases is an ‘almost meaningless’ metric https://yhoo.it/2UvxuKf
“The numbers are almost meaningless,” says Steve Goodman, a professor of epidemiology at Stanford University. There’s a huge reservoir of people who have mild cases, and would not likely seek testing, he says. The rate of increase in positive results reflect a mixed-up combination of increased testing rates and the spread of the virus.
Mitch Albom: Hey, President Trump: Her name is Gretchen Whitmer https://bit.ly/2JszLzy
UN issues global call to creatives in response to COVID-19: The first open brief calls for messaging to help combat coronavirus. https://bit.ly/3au5gVz
Social distancing in style with Matt Hranek https://bit.ly/33YAEt1
15 great ideas that were conceived in isolation https://bit.ly/2V1d62L
Leadership, resilience, and the COVID-19 outbreak: As the world mobilizes to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus, uncertainty abounds. One thing is clear, however: the COVID-19 outbreak underscores the need for business and society to be resilient and prepared—qualities that will be in demand long after public health has been restored. https://on.bcg.com/3bprtEg
”All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically” -- Steven Weinberg
