THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.”

— Milton Friedman

BIRTHDAYS:

1500 Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor, goldsmith and author (Perseus).

1757 Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, born in Possagno, Republic of Venice.

1849 William Merritt Chase, American impressionist painter, and educator (Chase School, now known as the Parsons School of Design)

1862 Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer. Ouverture Cyrano de Bergerac

1880 Alfred Wegener, German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher.

MISCELLANEOUS:

THIS I WANT TO SEE. Elon Musk Described an AI Device to Replace Phones in 5 Years

IN THE FUTURE, BEFORE LOCKING THINGS DOWN AGAIN (INCLUDING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE), THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT WANT TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE FOLLOWING:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration