In an age of both untold prosperity and existential crisis, it’s time to rethink work
Friday, November 7, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/5/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Germs in the Family: The Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Endemic Respiratory Disease Spread
Garden-variety respiratory infections lead to more hospitalizations among infants than older kids and produce adverse long term results.
More Omicron: Diabetics Appear Even More Vulnerable as Diabetic Ketoacidosis Strikes
A wee update on the state of Omicron.
Covid Crisis Hits New York City Schools
With students and teacher absences high, New York City schools are buckling under Omicron. A harbinger for other US cities?
Is the Doom of Humanity Really Inevitable? Maybe Not.
David Graeber and David Wengrow contend early humanity featured experiments in living that have much to teach us.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/4/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Some Quick Thoughts About the Conviction of Elizabeth Holmes on Four Counts of Fraud
The successful prosecution of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes shows that there’s a limit to Silicon Valley con-artistry.
Mexico City Grapples With Acute Water Shortages, As “Day Zero” Approaches
Unless dramatic steps are taken, one of the world’s largest cities could face “Day Zero” — when supplies of water run so low that government must begin rationing the precious liquid — as early as 2028.
Calling Trump ‘Just a Warm-Up Act,’ Professor Warns of Democratic Collapse in US
Why it is a little too pat to blame the right for the sorry state of democratic processes in the US.
Most People Want an Active Government, Working on Their Side. It Is Time Those Seeking Power Took Note.
The UK government, like its US counterpart, is not held in much respect. Does this create an opportunity?
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/3/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Yes, Maggie, There Is Such a Thing as “Society”
Shared air is a social relation.
