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"The COVID Reckoning Cometh"

Very positive review of a new book out that chronicles the mistakes the Establishment made in the COVID pandemic and that provides a "methodical exploration of the many claims made by public health experts, elected officials, and media outlets is an example of one definition of a reckoning, as the process of calculating something—in this case, the sheer number of claims about safety and risk and their validity."

UPDATE: Link fixed now.

 


"Revisiting the Great British Bicycle Bubble of 1896"

A useful reminder about how quickly some latest-and-greatest technologies deflate.

The bubble inflated quickly, with share prices in British bicycle companies tripling in the space of months in 1896, even as the number of bicycle companies expanded more than five-fold.

But then a flood of low-cost American bikes invaded the market, and the mood soured.