notes-to-self
Understanding how the novel coronavirus is different is essential for identifying how society can best confront it.
via Jerry Coyne
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-insidious-attacks-on-scientific-truth
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2020/12/07/book-review-anti-system-politics-the-crisis-of-market-liberalism-in-rich-democracies-by-jonathan-hopkin/
Type ‘Who lost Turkey?’ into a search engine and you will find that many pundits are searching for a culprit. Versions of this question show up ...
h/t John Mauldin
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/