So it looks like the "quarantine bubble"/ "social pod" idea is gaining steam and basically becoming government policy is some countries: slate.com/human-interest…
We've been careful about talking about our own "quarantine pod," due to the unfortunate rise of COVID-shaming. During moral panics, society needs virtue-signaling and ways to promote religious concepts of guilt and shame (particularly in the absence of actual religion), I get it
In our last episode, we talked about it somewhat openly with special guest @benjaminhaddad. We were pleasantly surprised that we got no blowback (either that or the people who listen to @WisdomCrowdsPod are sorta like us). We discuss it right at the start: wisdomofcrowds.live/podcast/episod…
At this point, there are two options: Either have no social interaction with your friends for the next 6 months to a year (until there's a vaccine), or accept that there's only one sustainable middle position—and one that studies show is a boon to public health 
I've been baffled by folks my age or younger telling me they're refusing all social interaction. It's possible that they've fundamentally misunderstood. For the foreseeable future, there is no getting to zero risk. Did people think that's what lockdowns were meant to accomplish?
All of this suggests to me that there are a surprising number of smart, young people who really don't understand what's going on or how to live with risk, or both. Or they had this fantasy that this would be eradicated, despite no evidence whatsoever that that was possible
I don't get it. How do they plan to live?
Of course, there will be a new normal. Or to put it differently, there *should* be a new normal, regardless. But that requires a different conceptual framing, and one that people (due to fear of COVID shaming) have largely only danced around until now
Once we process this new frame, we can start thinking creatively about how to stay safe—rather than stay at home. And that requires going beyond a blunt instrument—the full lockdown—that was always a long shot anyway for cultural reasons
The nature of COVID-shaming changed rapidly. Two weeks into lockdown, I don't recall many ppl saying you should have *zero* social interaction. We happily shared the (classic) video below. It seemed like a non-issue to us. Something shifted by early April
I'm excited about this new @WisdomCrowdsPod episode:
We talk about the ethics of "quarantine pods" and recording in the same room together, which led to a brief COVID scare. This forced us to clarify our thinking behind our decisions and risk tolerance
wisdomofcrowds.live/podcast/episod…
We talk about the ethics of "quarantine pods" and recording in the same room together, which led to a brief COVID scare. This forced us to clarify our thinking behind our decisions and risk tolerance
wisdomofcrowds.live/podcast/episod…
