There’s no way you’re going to contribute meaningfully right now with less than 80h weeks. The sheer noise level is high enough that proof-of-effort is the only thing that cuts through. Even if your contribution is a genuinely breakthrough insight that took 5 minutes to generate.
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Also, not all the information flow problems are equally important to solve at the same time. Some confusion can stay unresolved for a year or more without serious damage. Other confusion is causing avoidable deaths or avoidable bankruptcy right now.
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Ah yes, I didn't even get to that part... everybody and their uncle is putting together a generic "covid19 response" social media group without a clear sense of what role *their* group might play https://twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/status/1250470806808739840play ….
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I debated quite a bit initially before pulling together the
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If you DO take on an information-broker type task/responsibility, measure your success the right way. Are you matching info demand to supply in a meaningful way that's helping resolve actual problems on one end? Or are you just amplifying the generalized pissing into a tornado?
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this tweet and the whole rest of the thread is a really concise articulation of something that's been frustrating me ever since the end of february when i got added to my *second* pandemic FB group
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have you checked your local county website? Mine is surprisingly on top of things. Old school press releases & links (I find it kinda cute) but updated daily & w/ high quality info from qualified people. I find it reassuring on an emotional level that my local community is all in
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totally! I followed a bunch of epidemiology and public heath accounts in Jan/Feb, but they aren’t helping with my sense making anymore. The questions are bigger than public health now.
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