Wednesday Links Posted on January 18, 2023 by John C. Goodman Covid study: almost no form of pandemic preparedness helped to ameliorate or shorten the pandemic. Compared to other countries, the United States did not perform poorly because of cultural values such as individualism, collectivism, selfishness, or lack of trust. Are science and technology becoming less disruptive? MLK Day studies reviewed, including this finding: Slavery played no major role in the US economic growth. Is the decline of religion causing a rise in “deaths of despair”?
The Covid study in item #1 looks good, but the link to it is broken.