The original intent of this post was to go on to analysis of other issues surrounding Covid-19. I was hoping to make clear what I meant by the more disputed statements in my Covid-19 model summary from two weeks ago, and also how and why I believe those dynamics occurred, and what dynamics one can expect going forward. But this post is long enough, so I’ve pushed that into future posts.
It’d be nice if the title were updated to match this, since this means it’s no longer an accurate summary of the content.
… that said, I also notice that in a universe in which this were intentional, it could also be a nice medium-level demonstration of Level 2 thinking: “If I name my post with something important-sounding in the title, more people will read it, and I will (probabilistically) gain points.”
It does still use the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic as its motivating example, and I didn’t have an obviously better title. Would be happy to change to a good alternative title if one was found.
Minor presentational quibble:
It’d be nice if the title were updated to match this, since this means it’s no longer an accurate summary of the content.
… that said, I also notice that in a universe in which this were intentional, it could also be a nice medium-level demonstration of Level 2 thinking: “If I name my post with something important-sounding in the title, more people will read it, and I will (probabilistically) gain points.”
It does still use the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic as its motivating example, and I didn’t have an obviously better title. Would be happy to change to a good alternative title if one was found.
I’m going to second the request for a title change and propose:
Simulacra levels and their interactions, with applications to COVID-19
Changed to that in original.
Thanks! I think this is an improvement.