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Pandemics, Contagion, and Fear, part 4

Over the next few days (weeks?), I will post excerpts from my book Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World. Taking a look at these fictional narratives before and even during an outbreak can help us see what to do and, more important, what not to do in...

Pandemics, Contagion, and Fear, part 1

Over the next few days, I will post excerpts from my book Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World. Taking a look at these fictional narratives before and even during an outbreak can help us see what to do and, more important, what not to do in real...

How Alive Are You Willing To Be?

To paraphrase something I read recently by Anne Lamott: Have you asked yourself lately, “How alive am I willing to be?” “It’s time to get serious about joy and fulfillment,” she writes, “work on our books, songs, dances, gardens....