This was the longest ever gap in the board. So I'm sorry for the radio silence as they say.. But life happens. Thankfully everyone is healthy and OK. It was a trying week for sure and everyone was on edge. But enough about all of that! 

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Didn't really watch anything new or that I really remember over the last couple of days. (I have watched stuff but nothing really sticks out.. ) well The Nevers was great.. and totally would binge every episode if they dropped it Netflix styles.

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But I was reading the NY Times daily email this morning and they told a fantastic fable or story and just wanted to share..

It goes something like this..

An all powerful god like being comes to Earth and offer society a wondrous invention that would improve everyday life in almost every way... More time with family, make life easier, etc..

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But of course it comes with a cost... to accept the gift, the being would immediately take 1000 people and strike them dead.

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The first reaction is usually always NO, that human cost is too high. Which the following statement is presented..

Well, whats the difference between this offer and the automobile? Which kills more than 1000 people a year.

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It’s a classic example of human irrationality about risk. We often underestimate large, chronic dangers, like car crashes or chemical pollution, and fixate on tiny but salient risks, like plane crashes or shark attacks.

One way for a risk to become salient is for it to be new. That’s a core idea behind Calabresi’s fable. He asks students to consider whether they would accept the cost of vehicle travel if it did not already exist. That they say no underscores the very different ways we treat new risks and enduring ones.

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I bring this up and use this example, because it's taken a pandemic like Covid, to bring the possibility or remote learning, working, etc to the forefront. Clearly this human cost was extreme, but it's things like this that make you think..

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