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The Worst Case Scenario…. No, that sounds too optimistic…
I see that it’s Nobel season and looking at twitter here and there I suddenly had the worst. though. ever. I really hope I’m wrong. I really, really, really, really, REALLY hope I’m wrong. I have the horrible feeling that … Continue reading
The Sunk Cost Virus
I finally figured out what government and WHO policy regarding coronavirus reminds me of – a 419 letter advance-fee scam (those emails from third world customs officials wanting your help in sneaking money out of the country). “We work for … Continue reading
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Corona prediction
The actual hospitalization and fatality rates for coronavirus have been pretty unimpressive lately, so the media keeps hyping the number of new cases (while failing to mention that hospitalization and fatality rates aren’t increasing at a similar rate). Now this … Continue reading
Round Robin
Okay my reactions to this woman are so viscerally unpleasant it took me a loooong time to get around to doing this, and it might shorter than I’d intended but let’s get started. Getting a Baseline For body language I … Continue reading
Communication notes: Divination vs handicapping
Just a bit more before getting to Sister Robin… Tells in analyzing communication (written or oral) are general involuntary indications that a person is tense or relaxed or concealing something. I have one friend who develops a large red splotch … Continue reading
Inka Oppression
Aspects of the current political situation in the US remind me of coffee in Poland during the communist period. Polish people loved coffee (too mild a word – they absolutely lusted over it) and the country imported large amounts… to … Continue reading
Communication notes: Presuppositions
Before I get to analyzing why I find Robin DiAngelo so toxic I’ll give a little background on communication. You probably know this but… it doesn’t hurt to spell it out. An important concept in communication is the presupposition which … Continue reading
Best soap opera on youtube…
As crazy as they can be, vegans have some of the most consistently entertaining channels on youtube, never more so than when drahmah occurs. The combination of self-righteousness and awareness of how many people think they’re obsessive weirdos (not an … Continue reading
The Gift of Indifference…
In the early 1950s, the Polish poet Wisława Szymborska was a devoted communist and party member who wrote poems in honor of Lenin and those who built Nowa Huta (a soulless communist housing project next to factories that polluted Cracow … Continue reading
Being dragged kicking and streaming…
I was very psyched last weekend. The university was preparing to begin classes again as of June 1 and the coronavirus situation is absolutely under control with a small number of deaths (currently averaging about 10 a day with an … Continue reading
