Paul Graham on Twitter: "Someone should write the story of all the stuff that's been happening behind the scenes to compensate for the failings of the federal government. It's both inspiring and a kind of accident report."

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1. Abhi Sharma‏ @abhisharma_b 13 Apr 2020
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  Chernobyl 2.0
  
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1. Ikram Akbar‏ @IkramAkbarMelbo 13 Apr 2020
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  Just like there was post 9/11 report. There should be a post Covid-19 report.
  
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1. Joe Wilson‏ @joe__wilson__ 13 Apr 2020
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  Origin story here:https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-coronavirus-and-how-the-united-states-ended-up-with-nurses-wearing-garbage-bags …
  
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1. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 13 Apr 2020
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  https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1248715770005032960 …
  
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  There are lots of great plans that assume the federal government can do something. But here is the issue: The federal government does not exist * Except to print money ** And stop you from running tests
  
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1. Anton Shelupanov FRSA‏ @antonsh 13 Apr 2020
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  It’s important to learn from failure. And perhaps more importantly to fail *well* where possible. Although the definition of that in a safety critical context can mean the difference between life and death.
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1. Raj Suthar‏ @imromec 13 Apr 2020
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  Bring it in the attention of documentry writers.
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1. MWang‏ @AnotherMikeWang 13 Apr 2020
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  Film version could be the sequel to Day After Tomorrow
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1. Rishi Gosalia‏ @RishiGosalia 13 Apr 2020
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  Likely we will have a report that looks like the 9/11 report that has a chapter with the same title as from the 9/11 report: "The System Was Blinking Red" https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Ch8.htm …
  
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1. Karmic Reset‏ @daretocontraire 13 Apr 2020
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  Stephen King is well qualified to write this horror story.
  
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1. David Manheim‏ @davidmanheim 13 Apr 2020
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  The more important question isn't what was done to compensate, it's how we prevent this kind of self-inflicted failure of our government to respond to an anticipated type of event from happening again.https://twitter.com/davidmanheim/status/1249736402910281730 …
  
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  I'm sure there will be many books written about this, and those will include memoirs of key players, popular accounts, and academic studies. The question isn't if people write about it, it's if we learn anything. Here, most issues were long anticipated. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/07/coronavirus-epidemic-prediction-policy-advice-121172 … https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1249734140200546304 …
  
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