Monthly Archives: June 2020

Covid 6/25: The Dam Breaks

Posted on June 25, 2020 by TheZvi

Last week: Covid-19 6/18: The Virus Goes South Off-topic reminder that this is happening: New York Times, Please Do Not Threaten The Safety of Scott Alexander By Revealing His True Name The United States has failed to contain Covid-19. The fight … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus | 29 Comments

Linkpost: M21 Review: We Have Normality

Posted on June 24, 2020 by TheZvi

You can find it here.

Posted in Magic: The Gathering | 1 Comment

New York Times, Please Do Not Threaten The Safety of Scott Alexander By Revealing His True Name

Posted on June 23, 2020 by TheZvi

In reaction to (Now the entirety of SlateStarCodex): NYT Is Threatening My Safety By Revealing My Real Name, So I Am Deleting The Blog I have sent the following to New York Times technology editor Pui-Wing Tam, whose email is … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Rationality | 11 Comments

Covid-19 6/18: The Virus Goes South

Posted on June 18, 2020 by TheZvi

Last week: Covid-19 6/11: Bracing For a Second Wave The verdicts are in. It is not an unexpected one. Unless conditions change, the path now seems set. The Northeast is winning its battle. Unless something unexpected happens, they will get things … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus | 11 Comments

Simulacra Levels and their Interactions

Posted on June 15, 2020 by TheZvi

Previously: Covid-19: My Current Model, On Negative Feedback and Simulacra This post aims to unpack and explain simulacra levels of action using the threat of covid-19 as its central example. My intention is for future posts to then apply this … Continue reading →

Posted in Rationality, Simulacra | 42 Comments

Covid-19 6/11: Bracing For a Second Wave

Posted on June 11, 2020 by TheZvi

Last time: Covid-19 6/4: The Eye of the Storm There has been a lot of news in the past week. Very little of it is actually about Covid-19. That is not because Covid-19 went away. People are still dying. People are … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus | 4 Comments

Covid-19 6/4: The Eye of the Storm

Posted on June 4, 2020 by TheZvi

Still standing by this: Covid-19: My Current Model Previous update posts: Covid-19 5/29: Dumb Reopening, Covid 5/14: Limbo Under Remember last week when I opened with this? I remember when people on Twitter had constant reminders that today was, indeed, only Wednesday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus | 5 Comments

Spoiler-Free Review: CrossCells

Posted on June 3, 2020 by TheZvi

I played through the entire game this morning, so figured I’d leave a quick review. CrossCells is a Tier 3 game. It does its job, which is provide logic puzzles in the vein of Sudoku, without being actual Sudoku. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Games Other Than Magic, Reviews | 1 Comment

Spoiler-Free Review: Monster Train

Posted on June 2, 2020 by TheZvi

Epistemic Status: Covenant Rank 8 (meaning I’ve won 8 runs, one each on each of levels 0-7) after about 20 games played. As is my template, a spoiler-free review seeks to answer the question “should I play this game?” without … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments