1/ One thing that the current epi/pandemic has gotten me pondering on is its psychological dimension. The toilet paper "bank runs" and the xenophobic assaults are all outcomes of inferential processes that represent not just estimates of reality but also margins of uncertainty 2/ People are motivated to avoid not just contagion but also uncertainty. As we think about how to organise society during this crisis, we need to seriously account for this human drive toward reduction of uncertainty, as it is a subtle but real component of 'well-being'

I'm stunned by the depth of #coronavirus information being released in #Singapore. On this website you can see every known infection case, where the person lives and works, which hospital they got admitted to, and the network topology of carriers, all laid out on a time-series This is all based on press releases by their Ministry of Health. Of course the immediate question is about boundaries of privacy, but I don't think it's a one-sided argument in this case – I expect that this density of information actually has utility for public well-being