Sitemap - 2021 - The Healthiest Goldfish
The next generation: The kids are (probably) alright
Sectarianism and the public’s health
The challenge of slow-burning threats.
Reflections on The Contagion Next Time
Why write a book about a pandemic during a pandemic?
How sunk-cost bias can obscure our vision of a post-COVID world
The problem of positional bias
Inefficiency in the pursuit of excellence
Health in an era of resurgent great power conflict
Thinking in groups, thinking for ourselves (or: in praise of iconoclasm)
Resisting our suburban impulses
Resisting the allure of moral grandstanding
The ineluctable role of the faceless bureaucrat
The aesthetics of a healthier world
How bad ideas can make good ones better
Borders in an age of pandemics
The history of soccer, the butterfly, and public health
A playbook for balancing the moral and empirical case for health
Why will we remember what we remember about COVID-19?
What stories will we tell about COVID-19?
Our place in the natural order of things
UFOs, COVID, and the return of radical uncertainty
A case for good faith argument
The false choice between diversity, inclusion, and the pursuit of excellence
The radical importance of acknowledging progress
What do we want from our political system?
Reflecting on the themes of the COVID moment
Health and the opportunity to freely think
Join me for The Healthiest Goldfish Conversations
Public health and the temptations of power
Decision-making in an age of Covid and social media
A case against moralism in public health
The stimulus is necessary medicine