the india covid situation is a great way to understand cell division. cases per million rates are actually really good. but absolute numbers look terriblepic.twitter.com/yECdFrykPR
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the only reason the absolute numbers look high is b/c the basket is called "India". vs if it was split into say Fooindia and Barindia. the split would eliminate the large absolute numbers that take up disproportionate media attention
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cells also have a governance issue and tension between the absolute numbers perspective and the relative numbers perspective once its gets too big, effective governance becomes suicide and the cell has to split source: am cat, am made up of cells
