Monthly Archives: February 2022

Ls&Qs&Cs: Project Managers; Graphics; Trust; Precautions; Programming Problems

Posted on Tuesday 8 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A few Facebook saves from this past week. About conspiracy theories, Fox News’ misinformation, trust in government (rather than science), why people don’t *want* to protect themselves, and an endpiece. Michael J. Walsh (a dealer of SF books I’ve met … Continue reading →

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Ls&Qs&Cs: Kids with Lice; Grifters; Moral Panics; USA #1; Backward We Go

Posted on Monday 7 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Catching up on current links I’ve saved from web-browsing over the past few days. First a Facebook meme: Kids with Lice

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Ls&Cs: How Big Lies are more easily believed than small ones; Supreme Court predictions

Posted on Sunday 6 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Two pieces about politics, but not for their political content, exactly. Plus an endpiece.

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L&Qs&Cs: Tribal Loyalty and Other Atavisms

Posted on Saturday 5 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This is fascinating *not* because it’s political, but because it’s evidence that however much some of us think the world “progresses,” there will always be atavisms. With a Randall Munroe namecheck at the end. NYT, Jon A. Shields, 3 Feb … Continue reading →

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Harari Quotes from 21

Posted on Saturday 5 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Here are some longer quotes from Harari’s book, with some comments.

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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 LESSONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (post #2)

Posted on Friday 4 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s my second concluding post about Harari’s third book. As usual, I find it hard to condense my notes too far, when the author has so many interesting things to say, especially in this second half. In the range of … Continue reading →

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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 LESSONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (post #1)

Posted on Thursday 3 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This 2018 book is Harari’s third, of the three he’s published so far. It follows in ways from his second, HOMO DEUS (see here), in exploring some of its themes, but differs in being not a narrative, but a set … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Scientific Literacy and Peer Review

Posted on Wednesday 2 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Only a whiff of politics in today’s posts, about the current pandemic and public understanding of science, and the practice of scientific pre-prints.

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Ls&Qs&Cs: Fantasies and Lies and Backlashes

Posted on Tuesday 1 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s another Links & Quotes & Comments post about… recent events. What’s going on. The continued pandemic and Fox News’ complicity. How Republican strategies are making everything worse. About the suppression of Maus and its consequences. And the root of … Continue reading →

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