by orchaeus | Mar 29, 2020 | Status Update
Personally, I cannot imagine ‘containment’ of the present situation (what -is- ‘the present situation’, exactly?)… at all… but this is an apt quip that highlights a pivotal insight… “The truth is we will never go back to...
by orchaeus | Mar 28, 2020 | Status Update
“I suppose it is reasonable, however surprising it may seem, that many of my proclivities from before the current situation have grown stronger and deeper in its wake. I was generally opposed to the strange pornography of the modern electronic milieu — the food...
by orchaeus | Mar 28, 2020 | Status Update
Her: So, I guess next week they are changing the curfew from 9 PM to 7 PM. Me: Yeah, because, you know, viruses get really active at night.
by orchaeus | Mar 28, 2020 | Status Update
In case people don’t understand data of the kinds our virulence statistics comprise — by the time you gather it? It changed. Wildly. This doesn’t mean you discard it. It just means you realize it isn’t anywhere near accurate. Data is a »post-hoc...
by orchaeus | Mar 28, 2020 | Status Update
“We will acquire and exhibit habits; and our habits will transform us. The question is whether we will shape our collective habits and behavior to catalyze wise and humane outcomes. And whether they will help us create coherent social and environmental...
by orchaeus | Mar 28, 2020 | Status Update
“We are not used to thinking about vectors of viral virulence. In short, our nation… our people… have no experience whatsoever dealing with incipient contagion. In fact, one might say we celebrate it… embody it… and exhibit the...