I Have No Idea What I'm Doing

S04:E03 - "These People Are Not That Smart"

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Thinking about reopening schools and individualism.


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  • Episode 51!
  • Caltrain in crisis
    • https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/caltrains-future-in-jeopardy-after-supervisors-block-sales-tax-measure/
    • https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/New-compromise-on-Caltrain-sales-tax-proposal-15417294.php

      • https://twitter.com/sleepyjl77/status/1283781512819642368

      https://twitter.com/printtemps/status/1283832697891155969

    • Keyboards
      • thicc click
      • Building a keyboard for Aaron
        • Speed switches
        • Silent tactile
        • Flat/nearly flat keycaps
        • Num pad/full size keyboard
        • Backlighting yes
          • The School Reopening Discourse
            • Folks, it bad
            • Claim: distance learning isn’t very good
              • having a room covered in white foam isn’t good, but if the room is on fire and you use a fire extinguisher to put it out, that’s much better than just letting the fire continue
              • Distance learning may not be good, but it’s better than the alternative: mass-death
              • Failure of individualism
                • When consumerist mindset gets deployed to stop a pandemic

                  • “The window is closing,” Azar said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We have to act, and people as individuals have to act responsibly. We need to social-distance. We need to wear our face-coverings if we’re in settings where we can’t social-distance, particularly in these hot zones.”

                  (Azar warns ‘window is closing’ on combating Covid spread - POLITICO)

                  • You cannot solve this at the level of individuals.
                    • Patreon
                    • Ad: White Apron
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                      • Brinleigh, Braxtonleigh, Bradford, and Chet will love it
                      • Guaranteed no measurable scoville units!
                        • The twitter bitcoin hack
                          • Send us bitcoin
                          • CONCLUSION: Blue checks should be forbidden from tweeting more often
                          • Reveals class issues
                          • Thought technology: these people are not that smart
                            • https://twitter.com/michaelbd/status/1280878893889720322?s=20
                            • Bari Weiss, Andrew Sullivan, Ben Shapiro, etc.
                              • https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/bari-weiss-goya-sullivan-cancel-culture-myth

                              • https://twitter.com/shaun_vids/status/1283078548278906881

                                • Relatedly, Big Brain Ben has something he’s discovered
                                  • https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1284175434431643648

                                  • BIG RICH GUY: I’m actually the victim

                                    https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1283483807975260160?s=20

                                  • Hustle culture considered harmful
                                    • Daddy‘s wine money
                                      • Homework for listeners: Huell and the Bassets Hound
                                        • https://youtu.be/7waoZYBI8W0
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