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*fire starts in the kitchen*

Right now, 99% of the house is intact! Think about that! Life goes on!
"The flu is way worse! Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on!"

What a difference one week makes.
There will be treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. But I'm afraid there's no cure for this level of stupidity and willful ignorance.
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François Chollet
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Philosophy is often mocked by people in tech. But I like philosophy. Everything of value I've ever done falls squarely under the label "philosophy". Philosophy is potent, actionable, and practical like nothing else.
The purpose of philosophy isn't really to produce concrete theories (which are generally flawed products of their time), or to give you useful "life tips". Philosophy isn't science or engineering.

The main purpose of philosophy is to provide you with building blocks for thinking
The value of reading philosophy lies not in the names & theories you will be able to recall, but in the way they expand your future thoughts.

Just like how the value of learning to code isn't in the toy programs you write in the process, but in the new way of thinking you gained
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François Chollet
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As a casual observer of the markets since 2007, one thing I find striking is that markets are driven by greed & FOMO, anxiety & panic, rumors -- not reasonable risk anticipation and accurate future forecasting. They implement collective stupidity more than collective intelligence
As such, "the markets will solve it" isn't a great problem-solving strategy (e.g. climate change)
Markets are irrational, not even suitable for simple optimization problems. They do a very poor job at incorporating all available information (e.g. experts who spent February warning us)
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François Chollet
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I'm grateful for Twitter. It turns out that Twitter can keep you informed far earlier, far better than official channels or the media -- giving you direct access to real experts, in real time.
Of course, there's also a lot of disinformation on here. See through it. It tends to be fairly transparent: disinformation is politically-motivated, reality is not.
In times of political conflict, the propaganda and disinformation can feel overwhelming. But in the midst of a material crisis, Twitter really shines.
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Andrew Kimmel
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A Trump Coronavirus Timeline:

Feb. 28: "I think it's really going well. … We're prepared for the worst, but we think we're going to be very fortunate."

Feb. 28: "It's going to disappear. One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear."

Feb. 28: "This is their new hoax."
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At the moment there are 22,132 known #Coronavirus cases in the US, in every state in the country and in DC. It's killed 282 people in this country.

On 1/22/20, Trump said "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China. It's going to be just fine."
What was the state of the outbreak in this country at the time Trump made various public statements?

Here's a timeline.
When Trump made his statement that "It's one person coming in from China" on January 22nd, he was actually accurate about the number of known cases at that point in time. There was one known case in one state. No one had passed away from Coronavirus yet.
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Ayman Mohyeldin
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THREAD/ For weeks, Pres Trump has downplayed the risks Coronavirus posed to Americans. He either deflected or said it was under control.

If journalists are to hold elected officials accountable for their words and actions, we will need to have a memory span longer then a flash
Here is Pres Trump in his own words (and tweets) as compiled by the @NBCNews White House Unit.

Read them, save them and don’t forget them so when he says “I’ve always known this is a real pandemic long before it was called a pandemic” you can actually call him out on it
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