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Don't look at me. I was screaming about COVID in January 2020. The lib moral panic changing directions on a dime without a change in intensity was disorienting.

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Jan 2020 club checking in :-) I remember joking about a big pandemic being around the corner at my families New Year's party. Back then it was a few vague rumors from Chinese doctors that I was keeping an eye on but not taking seriously yet.

It's been crazy how much "always been at war with Eastasia/Eurasia" I've seen people around me engage in.

Social media delenda est. Reputation systems, politico-cultural tribalism, and human cognitive vulnerability w/r/t viral information have turned the entire cultural landscape into anarcho-1984.

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