David Zweig
@davidzweig
Author of INVISIBLES and AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. Order now: https://amzn.to/3Q3k44c Subscribe: http://SilentLunch.net Clips: NYT, Atlantic, NYmag, TFP, Wired.
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💥🔥🧨 I am beyond excited to announce that I will be writing AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, a book for @mitpress, about the schools debacle in America during the pandemic. The book, in essence, will be a case study of how and why bad decisions are made THREAD 1/12
This is a good evidence–based analysis of the shift leftward, from economic concerns and other interests of everyday Americans toward identity politics, of the Democratic party platform over the last decade. welcomestack.org/p/deciding-to-…
During the pandemic, economists, among others, were told to stay in their lane. Health officials were the only “experts.” Except, unlike the epidemiologists and doctors who shut down schools, economists weigh second order effects—i.e. unintended consequences. And here we are.
In the middle of the heartbreaking New York Times story on child sex trafficking in Los Angeles: "Part of that boom happened during the pandemic, when many girls were out of school and immersed in social media, where traffickers lurked. Teachers who would ordinarily follow up on…
As I detail in An Abundance of Caution, American pediatricians—the “experts”—recommended *against* early exposure to peanuts; many did so for nearly 20 years, which was the opposite of what they should have said, causing great harm to untold numbers of kids. They did this despite…
Few people are more insufferable than a smug, woke, ignorant tv “comedian.” The irritation isn’t so much that he is obviously wrong about this and so many other things. It’s that he’s so pleased with himself.
John Oliver slams Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News: "I wouldn’t want anyone who led a pure opinion outlet, not even one that I happened to agree with, to suddenly be running CBS News. But it is especially alarming to have someone doing it who has spent years putting out work…
Equity (ie proportional representation for each demographic) is fundamentally at odds with science and human nature. Remarkable story in obesity research of scholars who still don’t understand this. sensible-med.com/p/a-cancellati…
Why are blinding headlights the norm now? It’s ridiculous. How has NHTSA not regulated this?
The sources of AI training is a deep epistemological problem that society has not remotely reckoned with. In a decade from now “reality/truth/history” will be determined to a significant extent by the content of the training.
Wikipedia is hopelessly biased. An army of left-wing activists maintain the bios and fight reasonable corrections. Magnifying the problem, Wikipedia often appears first in Google search results, and now it’s a trusted source for AI model training. This is a huge problem.
A reminder that we still have not reckoned with the fact that regular people objectively outperformed the “experts” in predicting outcomes during the pandemic. I cover this and more in my book: An Abundance of Caution
So much amazing material in @davidzweig's book Abundance of Caution. This passage stunned even me. The professional disease modelers were consistently outperformed in accuracy by complete outsiders who work in industry. amazon.com/Abundance-Caut…
Journalist and author @davidzweig joins Greg to unpack how politics, media, and misplaced expertise shaped school closure policies during COVID—and the lasting impact on children’s education and mental health. Check the full episode at buff.ly/iBF1Qhl | @mitpress
This could be a revealing film. I look forward to watching it! @AppletoZucchini was a great advocate for kids during the pandemic.
🚨"15 DAYS to slow the spread."🚨 Six words that changed everything. 500+ days of closed schools, isolated kids, and broken trust. The TRUTH is here. Our EXCLUSIVE NEW TRAILER drops NOW! 👀 Watch it. Share it. Demand answers. #15Days 1/10
Paramount condemns the Israeli film boycott after Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, and nearly 4,000 others pledge to avoid Israeli film companies accused of “genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.” "At Paramount, we believe in the power of storytelling to connect and inspire…
Research suggests that closing schools didn’t substantially impact Covid outcomes. Given how quickly schools reopened in European nations, there was already data backing this finding by mid-spring 2020. To answer Michael Hobbes’ question, the other option was to reopen schools…
I'm going to by in Philly Friday night, at Temple University, for a debate about pandemic policies! Tickets are free––if you're in the area order your seats now! eventbrite.com/e/a-covid-pand…
Andalusia’s Olive Trees Massacred for Solar Panels! Thousands of centuries-old olive trees—uprooted, burned, erased. Heritage? Destroyed. Farmers? Betrayed. Profits over tradition. This isn’t "progress"—it’s cultural & environmental vandalism.
Excited to see this documentary from @JenniferSey! Hopefully it will reach a wide audience and will be an eye-opener for a lot of people who were unaware of the extensive and unnecessary harms done to children.
The world wants to forget what happened during covid. But our children are still paying the price. Generation-Covid is a documentary feature film that tells the story of this forgotten generation.
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