Kevin Bass is the new Emily Oster — on his unintentionally hilarious call for admissions of Covid guilt from policy makers and the scientific community
Thank you for your analysis. It's the best one I've seen.
One writer (Jeff Childers at Covid & Coffee) tried to paint this editorial in a positive light, by saying that it will make it easier for other people in the medical industry to speak out. But these disgusting amnesty pleas all boil down to "Yeah, we made some teeny tiny mistakes, but we couldn't have known, you were right for all the wrong reasons, so it's OK that we made your lives miserable, let's move on."
"The use of the word “credit” makes it sound like the lender believes in us or has faith in us. It’s silly, but I get a kick out of this type of language manipulation. (Reminds me of “credit card companies” — ok, you mean banks? Lol.)"
You have a gift for sizing/ expressing the essence of the matter:
"I think people like us — naturally curious and questioning people who read a lot — are always unconsciously (or consciously!) assessing risk. We know power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and that means — it literally means — that people in power are the most potentially dangerous of all."
Thank you for your analysis. It's the best one I've seen.
One writer (Jeff Childers at Covid & Coffee) tried to paint this editorial in a positive light, by saying that it will make it easier for other people in the medical industry to speak out. But these disgusting amnesty pleas all boil down to "Yeah, we made some teeny tiny mistakes, but we couldn't have known, you were right for all the wrong reasons, so it's OK that we made your lives miserable, let's move on."
Best takedown of that impossibly bad Newsweek article I have seen. Many thanks.
Simply awesome
Brilliant analysis: on trust. I loved:
"The use of the word “credit” makes it sound like the lender believes in us or has faith in us. It’s silly, but I get a kick out of this type of language manipulation. (Reminds me of “credit card companies” — ok, you mean banks? Lol.)"
You have a gift for sizing/ expressing the essence of the matter:
"I think people like us — naturally curious and questioning people who read a lot — are always unconsciously (or consciously!) assessing risk. We know power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and that means — it literally means — that people in power are the most potentially dangerous of all."
All of these articles sound like they came from college educated students that learned how to write flashy without saying much.
https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/politics-and-the-english-language/
This is really excellent analysis, and very insightful.