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May 8, 2022

Covid, Long Covid, and Boiling Frogs

I have become a bit concerned at the lack of concern around Covid and particularly Long Covid. Most people I talk to don’t seem to be aware of the long term risks individually and societally around contracting Covid on a regular basis. (This seems to be the official plan going…

Covid 19

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Covid, Long Covid, and Boiling Frogs
Covid, Long Covid, and Boiling Frogs
Covid 19

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Jan 26, 2022

Degrowth is the Future.

The question is not whether we will face degrowth, but what we choose to degrow. — (I will keep this short by linking to previous articles.) Degrowth has the issue of being defined or rather framed by what it is against rather than what it is for. “Many of the objections to degrowth have to do with the term itself. Some people worry that degrowth introduces…

Degrowth

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Degrowth is the Future.
Degrowth is the Future.
Degrowth

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Aug 18, 2021

Systems Thinking Through: Trickle Down Economics

I haven’t done one of these in a while. My goal is to keep it to a 4 minute Medium read at maximum, so it may not be as comprehensive as my previous rundowns. To start, what is trickle down? The essence seems to be that we sacrifice emphasis on…

Political Economy

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Systems Thinking Through: Trickle Down Economics
Systems Thinking Through: Trickle Down Economics
Political Economy

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Jan 22, 2021

My Brief Thoughts on “I Am Greta”

Hulu’s 2020 Documentary — In my last post I talked about what it looks like when someone doesn’t give in to Climate Cope using Greta Thunberg as an example. I recently watched the “I Am Greta” documentary on Hulu and had a lot to say about it which I’ll try to summarize here. It…

Greta Thunberg

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My Brief Thoughts on “I Am Greta”
My Brief Thoughts on “I Am Greta”
Greta Thunberg

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Dec 31, 2020

An Introduction to Climate Cope

Six Major Archetypes Reviewed — I am endlessly fascinated by how we rationalize away our impending societal disruption. I want to see if I could categorize the different ways to compartmentalize climate change effectively enough to maintain sanity. It is my belief that I can fit 99% of people into these 6 categories. …

Climate Change

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An Introduction to Climate Cope
An Introduction to Climate Cope
Climate Change

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Nov 22, 2020

Why Coronavirus Success (And Failure) Reinforces Itself.

Two Reinforcing Feedback Loops — The obvious reason is that the more a virus spreads, the more it… spreads. A virus is harder to contain when there are more people in more places who have it. On the other hand, countries that were able to contain the virus early on, are more likely to keep…

Coronavirus

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Why Coronavirus Success (And Failure) Reinforces Itself.
Why Coronavirus Success (And Failure) Reinforces Itself.
Coronavirus

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Oct 30, 2020

China Since 1978 Part 3: Political Economy

Pradeep Taneja — Part 2 Available Here Rural Economic Reform Deng was branded as a ‘capitalist roader’ as he supported some level of market forces in China’s economy. Hua Guofeng wanted to import technology on an unprecedented scale with emphasis on heavy industry over light industry & agriculture in an ambitious (unrealistic) modernization plan. …

China

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China Since 1978 Part 3: Political Economy
China Since 1978 Part 3: Political Economy
China

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Oct 22, 2020

China Since 1978 Part 2: Political Science

Graham Young — Part One available here. This summary is split up by author. This section includes the chapters written by Graham Young. Socialism with Chinese Characteristics “In contrast to the collapse of regimes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, China under Deng has remained one of the few state-socialist political systems.” The two main goals…

China

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China Since 1978 Part 2: Political Science
China Since 1978 Part 2: Political Science
China

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Oct 7, 2020

China Since 1978 — History

By Colin Mackerras — 1949–1978 Historical Background The CPC came about after “a century or so of turbulence, civil war, and foreign occupation.” The CPC succeeded in redistributing hoarded wealth, improving the status of women and minorities, but not without violence especially surrounding land reform. …

History

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China Since 1978 Part 1: History
China Since 1978 Part 1: History
History

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Oct 7, 2020

Understanding the Chinese Political Economic System

I’ve been interested in learning about China’s government and economic policy for a while. Its development over the past 40 years has been historic, but there doesn’t seem to be a consensus as to why. China can be a somewhat difficult subject to learn about. Online discourse is a healthy…

China

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Understanding the Chinese Political Economic System
Understanding the Chinese Political Economic System
China

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