I Have No Idea What I'm Doing - New

Thinking about reopening schools and individualism.

Show Notes

Thinking about reopening schools and individualism.


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  • 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.
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