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Advanced Leisure

I started another blog that I will loosely term a "lifestyle blog." It is really a place for meditating on the nuances of everyday objects and the time that we pass as "leisure." My first post is on chairs. I came up with this idea as a means to prompt myself to think about an everyday object in more creative ways. The more I thought about the subject, the more I realized that such an exercise can be very fun and even surprising at times. I hope that you will check it out. Thank you for reading!

Covid-19 Update

Individuals today, across the world, find themselves amid a globally disruptive event, the Covid-19 pandemic.   Global markets are experiencing extreme volatility, jobs are at risk, and lifestyles derailed by fear and uncertainty in the face of a disease that has hit the world like a tsunami.   As institutions struggle to calculate and adjust to the potential costs and dangers arising from this extreme disruption, individuals wrestle with the practical and existential implications of social distancing and lock downs, while limiting themselves to essential functions.   The initial absence of a strong and centralized Federal response to the Corona virus led to disparate bottom-up responses to the dynamically unfolding climate of social distancing, consumer hoarding, and a general climate of discomfort and withdrawal.   Private and public institutions have made coordinated efforts to flatten the curve and health providers around the world are working around the clock...