This one goes out to the Asimov fans — Me: How can entropy be reversed? ChatGPT (on GPT-4): In thermodynamics, entropy is a measure of the randomness or disorder in a system. The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that in a closed system, entropy tends to increase over time, meaning that the system becomes more disordered. …

January 12, 2023 — Recorded at 2pm CST Global Data Deltas since November 18, 2021 (~14 months ago) Global cases: 665.9M (Δ 410.6M) Global deaths: 6.71M (Δ 1.59M) Global case-fatality ratio: 1.008% Percentage of global population infected: 8.32% (roughly 1 in 12) Percentage of global population deceased: 0.083% …

November 18, 2021 — Recorded at 11:20am PST Data Deltas are since December 17, 2020 (~11 months ago) Global cases: 255.3M (Δ 180.6M) Global deaths: 5.12M (Δ 3.46M) Global case-fatality ratio: 2% US cases: 47.4M (Δ 30M) US deaths: 767K (Δ 457K) US case-fatality ratio: 1.6% Percentage of US population infected: 14.38% …

Which didn’t happen Last year I had the crazy idea to present my partner with an unusual Valentine/birthday gift. Hamilton had recently become a hot commodity in our home, so I decided we were going to fly to New York to see it on Broadway. Since we’re humongous nerds, I…

December 17, 2020 — Recorded at 1:15pm PST Data Deltas are since November 24 (23 days ago) Global cases: 74.7M (Δ 15.2M) Global deaths: 1.66M (Δ 260K) Global case-fatality ratio: 2.2% US cases: 17.1M (Δ 4.7M) US deaths: 310K (Δ 52K) US case-fatality ratio: 1.8% Percentage of US population infected: 5.19% (roughly 1 in 19)

November 24, 2020 — Recorded at 11:15am PST Data Deltas are since November 6 (18 days ago) Global cases: 59.5M (Δ 10.4M) Global deaths: 1.4M (Δ 160K) Global case-fatality ratio: 2.4% US cases: 12.4M (Δ 2.71M) US deaths: 258K (Δ 22K) US case-fatality ratio: 2.1% Percentage of US population infected: 3.75% (roughly 1 in 27)

November 6, 2020 — Recorded at 1:50pm PST Data Deltas are since late August Global cases: 49.1M (Δ 25.6M or 152%) Global deaths: 1.24M (Δ 430K or 134%) Global case-fatality ratio: 2.5% US cases: 9.69M (Δ 3.96M or 140%) US deaths: 236K (Δ 59K or 125%) US case-fatality ratio: 2.4% Percentage of US population infected: 2.9% (roughly 1 in 34)

August 24, 2020 — Recorded at 2:30pm PST Data Deltas are over the past month Global cases: 23.5M (Δ 8.2M) Global deaths: 810K (Δ 184K) Global case-fatality ratio: 3.4% US cases: 5.73M (Δ 1.73M) US deaths: 177K (Δ 33K) US case-fatality ratio: 3.1% Percentage of US population infected: 1.7% (roughly 1 in 58)

July 23, 2020 — Recorded at 3:45pm PST Data Global cases: 15.3M Global deaths: 626K Global case-fatality ratio: 4% US cases: 4M US deaths: 144K US case-fatality ratio: 3.6% Percentage of US population infected: 1.2% (roughly 1 in 82)