The Cost of Contagion
Professor Nicholas Christakis and Sam Harris discuss the socioeconomic cost of a deadly contagious pathogen and the importance of learning lessons from the pandemic. They emphasize the need to observe, make inferences, and record findings in order to better respond to future outbreaks. The conversation also explores how contagious diseases exploit our social nature.In this clip
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A Pandemic Of Incompetence: A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis (Episode #222)
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