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So Covid’s long-term effects will reverberate through the country: [lower trust in institutions](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9242572/), an [absolute unwillingness](https://www.vox.com/23001426/pandemic-proof) to think seriously about preventing the next pandemic, [failing schools](https://www.vox.com/education/372475/math-reading-school-covid-education-learning-loss-kids), and [rising isolation](https://www.vox.com/2020/3/12/21173938/coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-elderly-epidemic-isolation-quarantine). And all that will unfold without any real clarity on how we got here and how we can make sure it never happens again.
America — And the Media — Needs a Covid Reckoning
Kelsey Piper
Something inside unclenches. It’s equivalent to that moment when, caught in a rainstorm without an umbrella, you finally abandon your futile efforts to stay dry, and accept getting soaked to the skin. Very well, then: this is how things are.
Meditations for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman
Options (things) can be taken away, while our core ability to choose (free will) cannot be.
Essentialism
Greg McKeown
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