New stuff I’m learning about living dying what matters most - Tue, Sep 22 2020

On Feb. 27, 2018, I got an email from the Heritage Foundation, alerting me to a news conference that afternoon held by Republican attorneys general of Texas and other states. It was referred to only as a “discussion about the Affordable Care…

Jeff Cohn I've never been more aware of the way the Supreme Court links with politics than I am now- and it really saddens me

As trust in federal health agencies has withered over the last few months, a group of Black physicians has been working on an antidote: creating their own expert task force to independently vet regulators' decisions about Covid-19 drugs and…

Jeff Cohn In this era of misinformation, I'm increasingly aware that virtually every person/organization has biases. I will pay real attention to this group's vetting process, as their biases may be 180 degrees from those of the White House/Big Pharma..

The Guardian

Rather than tell you comforting lies and what you want to hear, I'm going to tell you some unpleasant truths. The world has fundamentally changed over the past nine months since a small pneumonia cluster was reported in Wuhan, China. The…

Jeff Cohn 'It is time for governments to plan several years ahead with an acknowledgment and honesty about the severity of this crisis. And for each of us to be patient and compassionate, and take things one day and one week at a time.'

The Washington Post – Simon Denyer – Sep 19, 4:04 AM

It may sound like a dystopian vision of a plague-infected future from the latest Netflix series, but it also happens to be Japan's solution to one of the most pressing problems facing the world today — how to coexist with the novel…

Jeff Cohn Like I said about Sweden, you can't 'do Japan' without 'being Japan,' meaning having their culture/systems- and ours is biting us in our backsides right know, IMO...

Jenny Berz was infected with the coronavirus in March after returning from a trip in Hawaii. The 50-year-old wife and mother from Boston, Massachusetts, never received a positive test for COVID-19, but she had all the classic symptoms: fever…

Jeff Cohn Novel approaches like this are needed, especially while we're so early in the learning phase about what's going on with 'long haulers.' These complications may be even more of a societal peril than mortality from COVID-19..

On February 18th, Nga Nguyen, an Instagram influencer who likes travel and couture, flew from London—her “base”—to Milan, where she attended Gucci's spring show. The fashion house picked up the bill for the flight and…

Jeff Cohn I differentiate shaming of people who have been victimized by this virus from those consciously choosing to act in ways that can lead to infections/suffering in the name of 'freedom'..

risis has a way of bringing people together. Today, as in recent history, there are numerous accounts of positive social connection and community engagement in times of crisis. But what happens when the crisis endures? When we reflect on the…

Jeff Cohn When you're faced with challenges that lack pre-formed solutions, that are complex and dynamic, you absolutely need relationships, trust, and safety to support the innovation, learning, and honest appraisal of what's happening required to move ahead..

The other evening, my cousin Jessica told me a story about her first week at college. She was eating in the dining hall with a newly formed group of friends, when someone alluded to the French philosopher Descartes, pronouncing the name…

Jeff Cohn This is a big part of the type of leadership mentioned above- in order to create psychological safety one needs to be willing to be vulnerable in front of others..

Mike Postle was on another tear. The moonfaced 42-year-old was deep into a marathon poker session at Stones Gambling Hall, a boxy glass-and-steel casino wedged between Interstate 80 and a Popeye's in suburban Sacramento. The September 21, 2019…

Jeff Cohn I've played poker with friends regularly since high school- if you're like me you'll find this article pretty fascinating...