Resilience Factors against Mass Formation (Pre-Reading) 2022-06-27 Short note on what I see as resilience factors against being swept away by mass formation prior to reading a book about it.[show the article]
Covid Mistakes 2022-05-07 Perhaps the current breather has some potential for thinking about the next scare.[show the article]
Recommendation: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State 2022-05-06 Interesting interview.[show the article]
Covid Consequences 2022-05-06 Interesting Zuby YAF Talk with a few additional consequences from Covid.[show the article]
Nearly Forty years and Two in One Image 2022-04-17 Beautiful Meme about the development of the last forty years and the strangeness of the last two.Image: Meme[show the article]
Meme Energy 2022-04-17 Interesting to see which kind of pushback you get to official policy in the form of memes, or music videos.[show the article]
The Pandemic of Fear — Recommended Podcast Episode 2022-04-17 A very interesting episode on the underlying pandemic of fear with Covid, with a focus on what it did to children. But the fear topic is well-worth listening to.Image: Screenshot from «Dragon Age: Inquisition»[show the article]
Experiments (RCTs) in Medicine (great article) 2022-04-09 Experiments — or randomized controlled trials — are the gold standard and pretty much the only way to detect causality. But they do have their limits and should not be used uncritically.[show the article]
An over-emphasis on Utilitarianism in Ethics, esp. in so-called «extraordinary situations» 2022-04-09 When it comes to ethics, Utilitarianism seems to be the main focus. But there’s something to be said for principles.Image: Skyrim[show the article]