I give an account of the events that started the siege of the Alamo in general history of the events surrounding the Texas Mexico war.

The strange and interesting story of the history of the Texas nation

The episode is really just some thoughts I had on completing a paragraph in an article I’m writing about technological solutionism. However it expands into what I hope are some interesting thoughts on the pandemic and our attempts to manage it.

I talk about Yuval Harari’s distinction between scientific truths and cultural myths. I suggest that we have a major problem resolving this in the modern era.