Listicles Are Lazy
Writing has proven to be more difficult than expected, not that I assumed it would be easy. The second I started, I found myself leaning into the listicle crutch; dumping my thoughts into a list, rather than painting a verbal picture.
As an athlete and coder, I pride myself on doing things The Hard Way and shortcuts subvert the learning process. There are certainly valid uses of The Listicle, but I have not yet gained the requisite knowledge.
In unrelated news, the financial markets had an enormous day today. The Dow jumped 900+pts (3.85%) and the S&P 500 bounced 90+pts (3.15%). In response, I have downsized my regularly scheduled index fund investments. I plan on increasing the amounts if and when the markets determine that an eight-person study does not justify this level of exuberance.
In a Phase 1 trial, eight patients who received two doses of the vaccine at the lowest and middle doses tested — 25 and 100 micrograms — developed neutralizing antibodies to the virus at levels similar to people who had recovered from infection — You’ve got to be kidding me.
