Assaying Entropy IV: Covid and America
Some aspects of American society might make us more prone to what psychologist Daniel Kahneman calls fast thinking and thus more prone to make mistakes in judgment when it comes to complex issues like Covid.
Max Yeh
Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project’s board president Max Yeh is a novelist and writes widely on language, interpretation, history, and culture. He has lived in Hillsboro, New Mexico, for more than 30 years after retiring from an academic career in literature, art history and critical theory.
PAWA granted standing in local water litigation
In the hearing on the application to transfer water rights to wells in Caballo for use at Copper Flat Mine, the hearing examiner has decided that Percha-Animas Water Association has standing to appear as a protestant against the granting of the application.
Appeals court affirms water conservancy in New Mexico
Water conservation has been a legal requirement in New Mexico for several decades, but until now, the courts have never discussed or defined the requirement. Yesterday, the Appeals Court gave substance to law by affirming a lower court decision based on conservation principles.
Assaying Entropy III: Thinking about Covid
Some limits on our ability to think when we want to think about Covid.
Assaying Entropy II: Dying during Covid
Is our perception of death and of human life changing because of the Covid-19 pandemic?
Assaying Entropy I: Entropy
I am introducing a series of articles in which I view and weigh our present world in light of the concept of entropy, and in this first essay, I explain what entropy is and how it allows us to see the effects of everything that we do.
New Mexico Supreme Court saves water in the Jornada del Muerto
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court decided a forfeiture case in Sierra County in favor of the public.
Sierra Community Council donates to the Citizen
The Sierra Community Council is shutting down and donates its remaining funds to support The Citizen.
So, how do you feel about covid now?
Where we are in the pandemic, and where are we going.