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@jlj @laz If you are not afraid to skip ahead, there are a good 2 pages on the "Asian disease problem" that is quite relevant to the times (Ch 34 Frames and Reality: Empty Institutions).
What's this "Asian disease" these books reference? Where can I read about this without reading the books? 🤔 Or maybe @laz can you share your recollection? I'm curious...
What's this "Asian disease" these books reference? Where can I read about this without reading the books? 🤔 Or maybe @laz can you share your recollection? I'm curious...
@prologic 
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@laz Oh my! And when was this book written? 🤔
@laz Oh my! And when was this book written? 🤔
@prologic Ten years ago. First published in 2011.
@laz Wow! 😳 Soo surreal 😳
@laz Wow! 😳 Soo surreal 😳
Who would have thought eight years later an _actual_ disease allegedly originating from Asia would break out and wreak havoc to the world?! 😳 It's like the Author had seen all the signs on the wall 🤣 (_wet food markets, poor biobazard handling, whatever, who really knows.._) 🤦♂️
Who would have thought eight years later an _actual_ disease allegedly originating from Asia would break out and wreak havoc to the world?! 😳 It's like the Author had seen all the signs on the wall 🤣 (_wet food markets, poor biobazard handling, whatever, who really knows.._) 🤦♂️
We should keep SARS in the back of our minds before jumping into sp00ky COVID predictions.
We should keep SARS in the back of our minds before jumping into sp00ky COVID predictions.
@mckinley You mean like SARS-COV-2 🤣 Anyway... Let's end this conv 😂
@mckinley You mean like SARS-COV-2 🤣 Anyway... Let's end this conv 😂
@prologic Well, we did have SARS-CoV-1, H5N1, H1N1 before this book. It is a hypothetical circumstance. Both Kahneman and N.N. Taleb have a general skepticism of any anyone described as an expert. It's the naive public that in general fetishizes experts and considers them beyond reproach.
@prologic No, I mean SARS-CoV-1, the outbreak way back in 2003 that seems to have happened in a similar way. We don't need to end the conversation, I just want to point it out.
@prologic No, I mean SARS-CoV-1, the outbreak way back in 2003 that seems to have happened in a similar way. We don't need to end the conversation, I just want to point it out.
@mckinley Oh! 😆 Yes as in this has happened before 😂 Agreed 😁
@mckinley Oh! 😆 Yes as in this has happened before 😂 Agreed 😁