The big and important stuff generally takes time. Sometimes you gotta go slow to go fast.

There's a difference between what the models said and "what the models said" as interpreted by the media, which often emphasized worst-case scenarios rather than the broader range of possibilities they articulated, some of which were conditional on there being no distancing, etc.

Only a pre-print at this point, but an interesting finding: Safety of hydroxychloroquine, alone and in combination with azithromycin, in light of rapid wide-spread use for COVID-19: a multinational, network cohort and self-controlled case series study medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

The foundation of sustainable peak performance in any endeavor is general health and well-being. This was true before COVID-19. It is true during COVID-19. It will be true after COVID-19. If you've been neglecting this stuff, now is a good time to re-focus.

On the plus side, mass shootings are down.

Lessons of Excellence : 🧠 1. See failure as a beginning. 2. Never stop learning. 3. Assume nothing, question everything. 4. Teach others what you know. 5. Analyze objectively. 6. Practice humility. 7. Respect constructive criticism. 8. Take initiative. 9. Love what you do.

Thank God for Canada! nyti.ms/2UOsNZl

Pandemics 101

How To Think About Obstacles dailystoic.com/how-to-think-a…

Is there really any doubt that exercise is medicine...? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Human stupidity is more infectious than any other disease.

Three potential futures for Covid-19: recurring small outbreaks, a monster wave, or a persistent... statnews.com/2020/05/01/thr… via STAT

“I’ve been telling everybody that my event horizon is about 36 months, and that’s my best-case scenario.” ⁦Laurie Garrett⁩ to ⁦Frank Bruni⁩. nytimes.com/2020/05/02/opi…

Does Parkinson’s Begin in the Gut? getpocket.com/explore/item/d… via @Pocket

My latest on "How did we get here?". I've donated to the Ukrainian fundraiser and made this piece outside the paywall for everybody to read (for the first time) because I think this is a very important topic. We need to fundamentally rethink our societal priorities.

Wisdom from Hayek nobelprize.org/prizes/economi…

Remember, the news doesn't deliver facts; they deliver perspective -- news as interpreted by a particular reader archetype. We used to see those news archetypes as aspirational. Now, we don't.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

Decades of research shows that people (and I'd argue entire societies) thrive when three attributes are abundant: 1. Autonomy 2. Mastery 3. Belonging On what each attribute is and isn't, and how to cultivate them:

The ultimate goal is to develop depth and breadth, so that you have a mental model for how a subject works. The ability to filter information. But the humility to keep you always learning, testing, and tweaking your mental model. It's balancing expertise with exploration.