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Corona Virus - How bad is it going to be?

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2 minutes ago, thelawlorfaithful said:

Humans are a nonlinear equation.

No more than anything else. But fair enough. Humans are part of chaos... just not the center of it.

 You know they call chaos and complexity the postmodern sciences right?

Planning is an exercise of power, and in a modern state much real power is suffused with boredom. The agents of planning are usually boring; the planning process is boring; the implementation of plans is always boring. In a democracy boredom works for bureaucracies and corporations as smell works for skunk. It keeps danger away. Power does not have to be exercised behind the scenes. It can be open. The audience is asleep. The modern world is forged amidst our inattention.

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Also, this thread is more than 700 pages. Wow.

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Planning is an exercise of power, and in a modern state much real power is suffused with boredom. The agents of planning are usually boring; the planning process is boring; the implementation of plans is always boring. In a democracy boredom works for bureaucracies and corporations as smell works for skunk. It keeps danger away. Power does not have to be exercised behind the scenes. It can be open. The audience is asleep. The modern world is forged amidst our inattention.

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1 minute ago, halfmanhalfbronco said:

 

Second law of thermo?

 

I dunno. The stuff I read is largely in ecology and socio-natural systems. Physics might as well be greek to me. But I imagine some of the ideas apply?

Fractal math is badass though. 

Planning is an exercise of power, and in a modern state much real power is suffused with boredom. The agents of planning are usually boring; the planning process is boring; the implementation of plans is always boring. In a democracy boredom works for bureaucracies and corporations as smell works for skunk. It keeps danger away. Power does not have to be exercised behind the scenes. It can be open. The audience is asleep. The modern world is forged amidst our inattention.

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3 minutes ago, smltwnrckr said:

No more than anything else. But fair enough. Humans are part of chaos... just not the center of it.

 You know they call chaos and complexity the postmodern sciences right?

What they call them means nothing to me. Unless they are Jeff Goldbloom.

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4 minutes ago, thelawlorfaithful said:

What they call them means nothing to me. Unless they are Jeff Goldbloom.

Lol. So if I get Jeff Goldbloom to tell you about how everything is the product of discourse, you'll listen?

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Planning is an exercise of power, and in a modern state much real power is suffused with boredom. The agents of planning are usually boring; the planning process is boring; the implementation of plans is always boring. In a democracy boredom works for bureaucracies and corporations as smell works for skunk. It keeps danger away. Power does not have to be exercised behind the scenes. It can be open. The audience is asleep. The modern world is forged amidst our inattention.

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Just now, thelawlorfaithful said:

Punch yourself in the balls

Discourse......

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Planning is an exercise of power, and in a modern state much real power is suffused with boredom. The agents of planning are usually boring; the planning process is boring; the implementation of plans is always boring. In a democracy boredom works for bureaucracies and corporations as smell works for skunk. It keeps danger away. Power does not have to be exercised behind the scenes. It can be open. The audience is asleep. The modern world is forged amidst our inattention.

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21 minutes ago, bornontheblue said:

The pandemic is coming to an end. I think Covid will flare up the occasional hot spots thanks to all the @Bob , but we are near the end 

 

It’s so strange from my POV. Case rates are plummeting, except where I live, it seems. We’re at the back end of our worst spike of the pandemic.

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41 minutes ago, bornontheblue said:

This thread should be sent to the national archives to document how the country dealt with the pandemic.
 

I agree there would be some archive value, but we’ve been vaccinated more than the general population. Unfortunately, there are a lot more Bobs out there than on here. 

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1 hour ago, bornontheblue said:

This thread should be sent to the national archives to document how the country dealt with the pandemic.
 

Yes, no joke. I really think this thread is historically significant.

Planning is an exercise of power, and in a modern state much real power is suffused with boredom. The agents of planning are usually boring; the planning process is boring; the implementation of plans is always boring. In a democracy boredom works for bureaucracies and corporations as smell works for skunk. It keeps danger away. Power does not have to be exercised behind the scenes. It can be open. The audience is asleep. The modern world is forged amidst our inattention.

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8 hours ago, NVGiant said:

It’s so strange from my POV. Case rates are plummeting, except where I live, it seems. We’re at the back end of our worst spike of the pandemic.

Oregon was one of those outliers that missed the worst of the pandemic. 

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10 hours ago, bornontheblue said:

This thread should be sent to the national archives to document how the country dealt with the pandemic.
 

Honestly, this is exactly what I was thinking. This thread is over 700 pages that dealt with the unknown beginnings, scientific speculations, personal tragedies, political fallout, and humanity perseverance. I'd like to get a hardcopy for my bookshelf and throw in a few side chapters of the professional and collegiate sports threads on how they dealt with the pandemic.      

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20 hours ago, bornontheblue said:

The pandemic is coming to an end. I think Covid will flare up the occasional hot spots thanks to all the @Bob , but we are near the end 

 

We had our opportunity to reach herd immunity but it won’t happen due to vaccine hesitation. So now we’re going to have to live with seasonal flare ups of COVID similar to influenza. Moving forward, it likely won’t be as deadly unless a nasty variant takes hold.

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