Coronavirus will also cause a loneliness epidemic
COVID-9 exacerbates another long-standing and serious pandemic: Loneliness.
Loneliness can literally cause physical illness. People most at risk from COVID-19 are the elderly and disabled, and they’re more likely to be lonely too.
[Ezra Klein/Vox]
Procrastination is Not Laziness
David Cain at Raptitude:
… procrastinators tend to be people who have, for whatever reason, developed to perceive an unusually strong association between their performance and their value as a person. This makes failure or criticism disproportionately painful, which leads naturally to hesitancy when it comes to the prospect of doing anything that reflects their ability — which is pretty much everything.”
So much here is true for me. Sometimes, when I’m particularly hard on myself, I think I could have accomplished so much more.
And by “sometimes” I mean “often.” Maybe every day.
Why Walking Matters—Now More Than Ever
Shane O’Mara at The Wall Street Journal:
Walking is essential to our nature. Walking upright is one thing that sets humans apart; no other animal does it, but we can’t do without it.
Walking helps the body heal, helps the brain function. Walking, rather than seeing, is how we build metal maps of our environment. And walking protects us against depression.
I walk 3+ miles daily.
How NOT to Wear a Mask [Tara Parker-Pope/The New York Times]
Aaron E. Carroll at The New York Times: “I’m a Doctor. If I Drop Food on the Kitchen Floor, I Still Eat It.” If the dog doesn’t get to it first.
Who’s Right About The Economy? Wall Street Or Silicon Valley?
Brian McCullough, host of Techmeme ride home, talks with TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm.
My $0.02: Wall Street is expecting they’ll be getting fat at the trough of that sweet, sweet government bailout money. Silicon Valley is seeing reality
Remdisivir, a drug that shows promising signs as a potential treatment for COVID-19, was developed using public funds. But Gilead, a pharma company, stands to profit big.
Republicans were right to warn about welfare kings and queens “driving Cadillacs and getting fat on government pork.” These moochers are the wealthy, big-business donors to both Republicans and Democrats.
Gilead, the remdesivir welfare queens [Cory Doctorow/Pluralistic]
“80% of the stimulus tax break will go to 43,000 people” [Cory Doctorow/Pluralistic]
And the morgues.
[NextDraft by Dave Pell]
