Thought this clip from Sara Haider re: her experience in non-profit sector and her personal viewpoint intersecting to believe that organizations really need to focus on the ONE thing they are doing, and not fold in the social justice cause du jour.
timestamped: https://pca.st/episode/d2bbe267-677f-4ecc-9177-f8d388ea7d1b?t=4104
Interesting discussion in this time-stamped link about black death as a forcing function driving selection effects for overly active immune systems (why we have so much autoimmunity):
https://pca.st/episode/a8480134-d4f4-4587-8a9b-0cc2d60d1624?t=1828
Such a good podcast find earlier this summer. Not too late to jump in to get your Ukraine war updates:
https://warontherocks.com/category/podcasts/war-on-the-rocks/
For example this week:
Worth calling this out as a post because I’ve been a fan of Bryan Caplan for some time and am sympathetic to his open borders arguments. But this interview in particular with Andrew Sullivan was such a great teardown of immigration skepticism:
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/bryan-caplan-on-open-borders
Bad look for Sullivan. Seemed like he didn’t read the (“comic”) book!
Not saying I’m unambiguously in agreement with Caplan. But in combination with regulatory reform (ie. expansion of protected conservation areas, better zoning, green urban planning, etc.) in host countries I think he’s on the right track for policies that are both morally just and pro economic growth.
These three mini-episodes released by Chris Masterjohn last week are really great snapshots of the how to make reasonable assumptions about indoor and outdoor coronavirus safety. Everyone should read less headlines and listen to these. Who knows if they’ll age well but I feel better educated after listening. Including a better handle on how masks fit in.
Takeaway: at the moment, if we’re spending 10+ minutes indoors somewhere, that’s where the bulk of the spreading risk occurs. Technically to be safe for that amount of time you would need something like 70-100 sq ft of space per person.
