{"id":153848,"date":"2024-01-01T11:19:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T19:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=153848"},"modified":"2024-01-27T14:02:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T22:02:14","slug":"how-covid-explains-my-worldview-1-1-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=153848","title":{"rendered":"How Covid Explains My Worldview (1-1-24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N2AEzGLWOGU?si=owYhdTiF6Cm_nFiD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> Different strategies have differing effectiveness in different situations<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 10:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#630\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"630\">10:30<\/a> Stop saying &#8220;we need to build alternative institutions&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cyyq126kZMI\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cyyq126kZMI<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 23:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1380\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1380\">23:00<\/a> Life is a Dinner Table, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zSawhpPzOFs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zSawhpPzOFs<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 42:20\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2540\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2540\">42:20<\/a> People with Bigger Brains are More Intelligent<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 45:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2700\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2700\">45:00<\/a> Immigrants with less than a bachelor&#8217;s degree are a net cost to society<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardhanania.com\/p\/amy-wax-versus-the-midwit-gynocrats\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.richardhanania.com\/p\/amy-wax-versus-the-midwit-gynocrats<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 49:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2940\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2940\">49:00<\/a> The A-cup woman vs the E-cup woman <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 54:45\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3285\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3285\">54:45<\/a> The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=153841\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=153841<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 58:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3480\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3480\">58:00<\/a> Tucker SOUNDS OFF On Ben Shapiro, Israel, Free Speech And UFOs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8lIO3B3k7Mo\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8lIO3B3k7Mo<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:05:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3930\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3930\">1:05:30<\/a> From the Second Intifada to October 7th (with Daniel Gordis), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jqYMG8BYScE\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jqYMG8BYScE<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:07:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4020\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4020\">1:07:00<\/a> Daniel Gordis background, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/profiles\/profiles\/danny_gordis.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/profiles\/profiles\/danny_gordis.htm<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:27:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5220\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5220\">1:27:00<\/a> Elliott Blatt joins the show to talk about New Year&#8217;s Resolution <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:29:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5340\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5340\">1:29:00<\/a> Elliott wants to dial back Twitter <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:50:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6600\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6600\">1:50:00<\/a> Fentanyl whores <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:00:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7200\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7200\">2:00:00<\/a> Elliott&#8217;s drinking <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:29:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8970\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8970\">2:29:30<\/a> Paul Hedderman &#8211; Non Duality &#8211; Skillman, NJ, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=00se60gh-tc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=00se60gh-tc<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:38:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9480\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9480\">2:38:00<\/a> What makes for a guru? <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=148127\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=148127<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 Different strategies have differing effectiveness in different situations10:30 Stop saying &#8220;we need to build alternative institutions&#8221;, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cyyq126kZMI23:00 Life is a Dinner Table, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zSawhpPzOFs42:20 People with Bigger Brains are More Intelligent45:00 Immigrants with less than a bachelor&#8217;s degree are a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=153848\">Continue reading <span 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