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Rated The Premonition: A Pandemic Story 8/10

Just excellent. Lewis focuses on the failure of institutions, both public and private, that are set up to fail because the incentives are all wrong. I loved that he sidestepped the politicization of the virus and virus response—but still focuses on the failures of politicians and politics. And as always, he tells the story by focusing on great characters. Reading this on the heels of “the ugly truth” lent another layer to my feelings about that book, too. <br/><br/>Incentives matter. Civil servants > appointees. A successful response often looks like a failure when something terrible is thwarted. An actual failure is even worse—and we are in the middle of one of those.

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Published 2026-01-07 12:11 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere