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To be updated as new books are mentioned on the showHere I will be keeping a list of the books mentioned in episodes of Strike and Mike. The goal being a repository of titles for anyone interested in understanding the current political system from a dissident-rightist of third-positionist perspective. That is not to say that one or indeed any of the authors listed are subscribers to such an ideology, only that the critiques offered by them are compatible with the point of view being developed by the thinkers over at The Right Stuff. These opinions can be anything from foreign policy, economics, domestic policy, or some other school of philosophy more broadly. Likewise, I have taken the liberty to interject with books referred within some of the books listed which I believe also reinforce particular viewpoints. These will be shown separate from books officially mentioned in the podcast by an indentation. That is, they were referred to within a book discussed in an episode which I also recommend. I will denote an asterisk, *, for books which I regard as being quite important to get the new ideas Strike and Mike have been building. That is to say, for the books which will most likely fundamentally alter your perception of the system from more orthodox, dare I say "kosher", right wing schools of thought to the revolutionary perspective of Strike and Mike. I will include a plus, +, for books which I have read personally. Finally a tilde, ~, will denote a book not mentioned in an episode, but still related. Thus an important note, books lacking a plus will not necessarily be unimportant, rather I will update the list when I finish reading them. So if a book has neither a plus nor an asterisk, do not think it is not important, it just means I have not yet read it. The point of this is a sort of "fast track" to understand where Striker and Enoch are coming from.
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Have fun, - AF
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It has been awhile, and I do not want to kill my blog. I do like doing this stuff, I just do not always think I have good content, or the discipline to follow through all of the time. And I do not want to make things boring or trivial, I want to write posts which have some kind of merit. Lately, I have been trying to read more, among other things. I also got behind the TRS paywall probably about a year or so ago, and have been religiously listening to Strike and Mike. Those guys also got me to read more, since I really liked a lot of their takes. So I had an idea for a couple new posts: A Strike and Mike reading list, along with perhaps the occasional book review. Also, I listened to the First episode of Borzoi's Hyperpodcastism when it for came out, and read Capitalist Realism per that. That will about do it for the introduction to the new set of posts which might keep me occupied for the next little while. Thank you for your continued reading of the blogf, - AF Tomorrow's Forecast:Blog Accuracy: A Review for 11th March:This will probably be the last entry forecasting the spread of Coronavirus in the US. The big take away from all this research is simple enough: I have compiled adequate data to demonstrate the "alarming" doubling rate of 6 in the US is more than a conservative under representation of what is really going on. Again, the cases were within the domain, but under the predicted average of 1252 cases. This is an error of +59 cases. Here is the graph updated for today: As you can see, the r value dipped slightly today. This is reflected in the average, bringing it down again slightly: That is pretty much it. You can expect to surpass the 2000 mark by the end of the 13th. Maybe fitting that will Friday the 13th, after all.
Even when good journalists like Tucker say this is not under control, it seems like the mainstream statisticians will give you, willingly or not, a number more manageable. I do not think Tucker is reporting disingenuously, he got that number of 6 from some authority. But that authority, then, has a responsibility to show just how much more quickly this virus is really spreading now. Make sure you take some precautions. I do not think you need to build bunkers or anything, but get some masks if you can find any. Get some food (rice, peanut butter, storeable food, etc.) Maybe invest in some first aid kits, and know how to deal with what is probably likely: a further increase in this virus spreading. Wash you hands, use your shirt to open door knobs, all of that stuff. If you disinfect surfaces, know that you cannot "spray and dry" the surface. You need a minimum of a 10 minute contact time for products like Lysol to really do it's work. Do not worry too much, though, - AF. Tomorrow's Forecast:Blog Accuracy: A Review for 10th March:Last post I predicted cases of Coronavirus in the US to be about 916. I actually found I had made the error of putting in the wrong start date numbers, so the equation was off. If I had used the old equation: Well, that one, but with all the updated rates, the domain would have been [904, 1031] with an average of 944 cases. That said, the model's average, if I was not a moron, would have been -66 cases. I do all this updating so that we can get a better view of the graph over time of the model: As you can tell, the slope of the real world cases jumped a bit between the 9th and 10th. I am hoping this model will be able to keep a hold of the real world cases. The domain is pretty solid, because, notwithstanding my error last time, the actual number has always been in the domain. I also wanted to update the doubling-rates, this time with the proper number of significant figures, to add some more precision: That is about all, and sorry for the error, nnguys. I am committed to try and be consistent and accurate.
Until tomorrow, - AF. Tomorrow's Forecast:Blog Accuracy: A Review for 9th March: |
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