I just can't get over how many articles I've seen in the last month or two confirming the obvious– that exercise/physical activity and spending time with friends + family makes us more healthy– without acknowledging the harm 2020 policy did there.https://t.co/PeU1NBAh18

— Jeremy Wilcox (@jwilcox79) January 9, 2023

Oh, it was even worse than that. Remember “no one NEEDS to be in person” and “socially promiscuous” and “you’re killing gramma if you don’t want to stay cooped up in the house for years.” That stuff was ubiquitous and it was FUCKING INSANE.

Guess we don’t need to rewrite all the textbooks to cover “immunity robbery.” https://t.co/5wnwiRXosM

— Mike Denyszyn (@mikedenyszyn) January 8, 2023

Hehe.

What we need is energy — much, much more of it.

The degrowther nonsense has really screwed us up. We should be going so hard on fusion and other research that 60% of our NSF budget should be pointed that direction. “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” is mostly clownish, I am now realizing (“recycle” is good for some things).

That said, the author’s (Hall’s) politics are loopy and wrong. But he is right about energy use and what we should be attempting.