Macroeconomists need to rethink their paradigms (yet again) in a post-covid world. economist.com/briefing/2020/…

Orangutans deserve full human rights/privileges. We ought to have a fiduciary duty to safeguard them. Killing orangutans should be considered murder/genocide. Their habitat is their private property. #InternationalOrangutanDay

#Language is at the heart of culture (and competitiveness). #Multilingualism and #multiculturalism can co-exist for the better. LangFest economist.com/books-and-arts…

History will look back on #Covid19 as the demarcation of the end of the American era. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

I fear that America is indeed slipping into facism. If Trump refuses to accept election results not in his favour it will be a full descent into authoritarianism. eand.co/we-dont-know-h…

The more we learn about #maskwearing, the more it appears to be the Aspirin (i.e. wonder drug) of combatting the #coronavirus: wearing a #mask may, per se, confer immunity against #COVID19. telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Netflix adds Canada filter to American shows by removing scenes where characters wear shoes inside the house thebeaverton.com/2020/09/netfli…

There's something fundamentally wrong with a system that allows inequality to grow so much at time when so many are in economic distress.

Am curious what the numbers would say about talented teenagers who were never challenged and slacked.

"#authoritarianism appeals, simply, to people who cannot tolerate complexity." But how is this tendency split across political and demographic characteristics? cbc.ca/radio/ideas/pu…

#GeoEngineering : is it the time for that? Not my favorite option (not sure if mine is feasible), but this surely is a necessary discussion. wired.com/story/geoengin… #technology #science #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #innovation #policy #Sustainability #future #Earth #nature #life

It is possible to contain #COVID19. To do so is not rocket science or magic. It is simply about culture (respect for others) and discipline (to make small sacrifices). The #pandemic is our failure as a species (some regions more than others).

If this is what US-style #democracy puts forth as a #PresidentialDebate, no wonder that many parts of the world are looking elsewhere for #GloablLeadership and shunning the American paradigm. #shitshow

#COVID19 deaths recently surpassed 200k in the US. If per capita #COVID19Deaths in the US mirrored that of China, its number of #coronavirus deaths would be ~1k. On the other hand, if the US per capita Covid-19 deaths mirrored that of Belgium its deaths count would be ~288k.

#Covid19 is in many ways a watershed moment in the rise of the Global South, both in terms of: (1) the health failure of the Global North in containing the #coronavirus; and (2) the changed economic landscape in light of the #pandemic.

#SCOTUS appointments are becoming partisan affairs. After death of #RBG, avg confirmation approval of Dem SCOTUS appointees is 74%. Avg approval of Republican appointees will fall below 58% if confirmation of #AmyConeyBarrett falls along party lines. #SupremeCourtConfirmation

#AsianAmericans are the only racial/ethnic group in the US who are more likely to be victims of violent #crime by another group than from within. #StopAsianHate

On a pop.-adjusted measure, violence against #AsianAmericans is most likely to come from Others* (at an even higher rate than within Asian-Americans themselves) and Blacks. #StopAsianHate

Although Asians and Blacks are important allies in their common struggles for racial justice, there is a subpop. in the Black community generating asymmetric violence: #AsianAmericans are the victims in 99% of #ViolentIncidents that involve the two groups. #StopAsianHate

#AsianAmericans are more likely to be the victim than the offending party in #ViolentCrimes in the US than any other group, at a rate of almost 2-1. #StopAsianHate