Random Thoughts - 20200716

Random Thoughts - 20200716

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Everyone assumes that they could land a plane if the pilot became ill, but no one imagines that they could complete open heart surgery if the doctor collapsed.

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When someone says, “We can stay open. Our hospitals have capacity,” what they mean is, “The community won’t be overwhelmed by corpses, so let’s have some more death!”

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Not wearing a mask because cases are low is like not wearing a seatbelt because nobody in your town crashed yesterday.

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Not wearing a mask because you have rights is like leaving grandma in a hot car because she has a right to enjoy the sunshine.

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Knowledge and expertise are convenient scapegoats for populist leaders and demagogues. Who needs the benefit of reason when you’re whipping crowds into a frenzy with fear and division and greed? When the people start thinking, demagoguery loses its appeal.

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Hubris is the cancer of empires.