That is some good, worthwhile journalism and I think it’s important to read these stories. Also, it shows that so many of the liberal pieties and platitudes are just so much pish-posh. (Including the “stay inside forever” one, but not only that.)
So much joblessness and pain in this country; the depression is very much still upon us.
Allen Dulles, working as a spy in Switzerland during WWI, got a call from Lenin the day before he went back to Russia. He blew him off for a date with "two blonde and spectacularly buxom Swiss twin sisters." pic.twitter.com/7IBeN0RW79
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) October 14, 2020
Hmm, let’s see.
1) Call with Lenin.
2) Weekend with Swiss blonde twins.
I know, difficult choice. How could one ever decide what to do? I would have to spend literally femtoseconds before I made my decision (and it would not be stodgy-ass Lenin).
I am the one weirdo that sorta likes Zoom.
It just makes it a lot easier to access cool talks and bring people together.
— Angie Schmitt🚶♀️ (@schmangee) October 22, 2020
Fuck Zoom. I am not social but I hate all video calls, though I understand they are better for the disabled.
But if I never did another video call or conference in my life, I’d be happy. For me it’s in person — especially for conferences and the like — or why bother. I get absolutely nothing out of video calls.
From what I’ve seen during the pandemic, high school and college should definitely scrap algebra and calculus and spend 6-8 years teaching intensive classes on systems thinking and real-world risk assessment.
That’s a great idea. Don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it before. We won’t, because of the illusions of quantification we wish to believe. But we should.