{"id":181051,"date":"2016-10-18T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2016\/10\/18\/linkage-265\/"},"modified":"2016-10-18T04:45:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T09:45:00","slug":"linkage-265","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2016\/10\/18\/linkage-265\/","title":{"rendered":"Linkage"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/what-caused-the-black-death-and-could-it-strike-again\">What caused the Black Death and could it strike again?<\/a> (<i>Aeon Essays<\/i>) The short version is that it was a mutation of the marmot variant, which has an affinity for human lungs, and did not tend to show symptoms for a few days after the infected were shedding bacteria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ineteconomics.org\/ideas-papers\/blog\/unemployment-insurance-extension-during-great-recession-did-not-destroy-jobs\">Unemployment Insurance Extension During Great Recession Did Not Destroy Jobs<\/a> (<i>Institute for New Economic Thinking<\/i>)  Best guess is that it probably resulted in an <b>increase<\/b> in jobs, because people spent those unemployment insurance benefits.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/batman-cumbria-killer-clowns-uk-scare-off-joker-a7361986.html\">&#8216;Batman&#8217; is saving the day in Cumbria by scaring off &#8216;killer clowns&#8217;<\/a> (<i>The Independent<\/i>) We live in interesting times, like the Chinese curse.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dinosaurmusings.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/04\/i-am-a-terrible-doctor-and-im-proud-of-it\/\">I am a Terrible Doctor; and I\u2019m Proud of it<\/a> (<i>Musings of a Dinosaur<\/i>) A doctor notes that the various incentives and ratings that insurers attempt to assign to doctors have nothing to do with quality of care.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/the-white-flight-of-derek-black\/2016\/10\/15\/ed5f906a-8f3b-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html\">The white flight of Derek Black<\/a> (<i>The Washington Post<\/i>)  As Yves smith notes, this is a striking value of the value of a liberal arts education:  It reformed a notorious white nationalist.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@shemag8\/fuck-you-startup-world-ab6cc72fad0e#.yycukvpov\">F%$# You Startup World<\/a> (<i>Medium<\/i>) Over at the SP BBS, CZ noted that, &#8220;Silly Valley seems to be just one big frat house of the well connected and inbred offspring of rich, these days.&#8221;  I argued that this could describe most of the United States of America.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/806117\/uber-and-the-gig-economy-look-a-lot-like-the-pre-industrial-economy\/\">Uber and the gig economy look a lot like the pre-industrial economy<\/a> (<i>Quartz<\/i>)  I prefer the term &#8220;Sharecropping.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-an-older-google-contract-programmer-left-google-2016-10\">Why an older Google contract programmer left Google<\/a> (<i>Business Insider<\/i>) He had no interest in their white board interview bullsh%$.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monty Python<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kQFKtI6gn9Y?rel=0\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What caused the Black Death and could it strike again? (Aeon Essays) The short version is that it was a mutation of the marmot variant, which has an affinity for human lungs, and did not tend to show symptoms for a few days after the infected were shedding bacteria. 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