I am dedicating my life to the Integral Metamodern project. Between 1950 & 2150 CE is likely humanity’s biggest existential challenge of the last 70,000 years (since the time our population dropped to a mere 3-15k people).
A professor of mine went to go hear Derrida speak once. The entire talk was about cows; everyone was flummoxed but listened carefully, and took notes about...cows. There was a short break, and when Derrida came back, he was like, “I’m told it is pronounced ‘chaos.’”
@AshTuite There is “safer” or “less safe,” but no such thing as “safe.”
That said, 2 weeks out from a first dose of one of the 2-shot vaccines the risk to the person vaccinated (not necessarily others) is about halved.
TLDR: Probably only about half as likely to kill Grandma.
just to reiterate: about 10 percent of world trade has been at a standstill for 2 days because a cargo ship drew a giant dick in the Red Sea then wedged itself sideways in the Suez Canal
https://t.co/hlN1PcmMhW
We are in a moment in American history where two guys — Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos — own more wealth than the bottom 40% of people in this country. That level of greed and inequality is not only immoral. It is unsustainable.