[FRIAM] FW: YIKES!: Coronavirus New Mexico numbers.xlsx

[Carl Tollander]

New MQL is out.
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/st-master-question-list-covid-19


On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:50 AM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> "the government cant print money fast enough to save the economy"
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> I have to say, this made me wonder just exactly what an "economy" is.
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> Imagine us like so many well fed rats in our separate cages.  Food and
> water is brought to us daily by Amazon.  Municipal Services cart the waste
> a way. We exercise in our wheels. Our mates and young are by our sides.  We
> can see and smell our neighbors through the wires but we cannot touch. Life
> is perfect!  But there is no economy?  What's an economy?   See attached
> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238356686_A_Utopian_perspective_on_ecology_and_development>,
> especially page 2.
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University
> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of u?l? ?
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> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 9:43 AM
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> To: FriAM <friam at redfish.com>
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> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] YIKES!: Coronavirus New Mexico numbers.xlsx
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> I've seen a few articles with titles like "Coronavirus is the death of
> Neoliberalism" or "... Capitalism" and whatnot. I'm skeptical. As much as I
> reject analogies between societal upheaval/collapse and phases of matter, I
> do believe in inflection points. My guess is that authoritarianism is what
> lies ahead of us on the other side of this inflection. We were already
> trending that way and I bet we'll continue. This inflection looks more like
> a minor rate change than anything fundamental.
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> This article was hopeful:
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> The coronavirus crisis has exposed the ugly truth about celebrity culture
> and capitalism
> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/31/the-coronavirus-crisis-has-exposed-the-ugly-truth-about-celebrity-culture-and-capitalism
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> There's nothing more disgusting to me than our celebrity fetish. But this
> article was pessimistic:
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> Invisible man? Amid pandemic, Biden sidelined by omnipresent Trump
> https://news.yahoo.com/invisible-man-amid-pandemic-biden-sidelined-omnipresent-trump-082411045.html
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> My faith in my fellow humans' *tastes* is always crushed. Everyone tends
> to flock to the least common denominator. (My primary objection to
> instant-runoff/ranked-choice voting and pop music, as well as overly
> reductive rating systems like Rotten Tomatoes, etc.) The "wisdom of crowds"
> is an oxymoron. >8^D
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> On 4/2/20 8:05 AM, Prof David West wrote:
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> > Governments cannot print and distribute money fast enough to prevent a
> major collapse of world economic order and concomitant social breakdown.
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