(similarly if you're going to be slow on something or need to do less work just say that so people can plan around it instead of everyone expecting you to finish it and then spinning wheels)
We relied on @bentarnoff.com's great new book with @quinnslobodian.com for this piece. We try to offer a real theory on what Musk really means in decrying "suicidal empathy." We argue that his gutting of USAID (also justified by denigrating "empathy") is a test run for much worse to come:
position, expertise, and status (and other things people think should automatically grant them respect and deference) matter far less to me than 'actually does what they said they would' and i don't know how that's such a high bar
a side effect of obliviously treating everyone I meet as peers is it's really funny how few people actually want to do the work of building rapport but still want you to believe them for high opportunity cost things
The US is currently failing to manage infectious disease, in ways large and small. We have new updates on how we’re (mis)handling the ebolavirus outbreak and steering ourselves into oncoming waves of vaccine-preventable disease. 1/9 unbreaking.org/issues/infec...
And protests against a new quarantine facility in Kenya (intended for American patients) have been met with violence. Local police have shot and killed three people so far. Despite prohibitive orders from the Kenyan High Court, construction continues. 9/9 www.bbc.com/news/article...
It doesn't help that every DCNG officer I've talked to (enlisted very specifically exempted here) talks about all of this like they're pacifying Ghazni Province, with all the 2009 brain damage you'd expect.
“Council directed staff to to immediately stop the collection of Flock data, immediately initiate the cancellation of the Flock contract, remove cameras as expeditiously as possible and delay seeking new bids for similar technology until a citywide surveillance policy can be put into place.”