HeyJaredAnthony’s Substack
On my page, you'll find sociopolitical commentary on ideology, culture, institutions, civics, and public life.
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A Little Rant On Empathy, Coercion, and the State (opens the original)
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There is a fine line between cultivating empathy and the state trying to force people to feel it. Human beings are fundamentally prosocial creatures with the capacity to do wonderful things for others, but that does not mean we always ought to feel empathy for everyone, or that our empathy naturally extends to everyone in the first place.We are more likely to show that we care when no one forces us, shames us into it, or coerces us with moral elitism that tells us that if we do not care for ever
Blaming RFK Jr. Isn’t Epidemiology (opens the original)
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How does it feel to shout “TRUST THE SCIENCE,” blame RFK Jr. for measles outbreaks around the country, and then ignore the epidemiology of the outbreaks themselves? At the very least, the evidence demands a more careful causal argument.International health agencies have been warning for years that measles is resurging globally because too many children have missed routine immunizations. COVID-era disruptions widened those immunity gaps, while declining confidence, poor access, conflict, fragile
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