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Dear Community,

My brother, Dr. Jordan Shlain, just flew to NYC to volunteer in a fever clinic for Covid-19 patients in Queens. I love that he’s doing it, and I am also worried for him... and all health care workers... and all essential workers.

His latest dispatch, Dispatch #7, is below. He wrote it on the plane flying to NY.

Meanwhile, we’re playing our part by staying home and continuing to do what we can from here.

Our cloud film about what’s happening:
Sawyer and I are busy working on a short cloud film about all of this. Thank you to everyone who has sent videos. Your voices are so powerful. Attempting to wrap our arms around all the different emotions and realities that we are experiencing is intense, cathartic, and challenging.

We are looking for more people (broad range of voices, ages, races and languages) to answer the following three questions:

What are you most scared about right now?
What do you think is the best thing that can come from this?
What are your favorite acts of kindness or creativity you have seen during this period?

Friday April 17, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Zoom Challah Bake & Schmooze
This week's theme for my weekly zoom baking session: Flowers on Challah, with peppers, chives, rosemary and whatever else you have. Free Registration here.

Wed April 22 11am PT/2pm ET
Zoom 24/6 Book Talk & Discussion
I will be doing a book talk and discussion on tech, screens, creating boundaries, and the benefits of a day each week without screens in the Age of Corona. I'm looking forward to hearing all of your questions and perspectives. You can find out more and register for free here.

Watch Anytime
In 2015, we made a film about an artist Mary Beth Heffernan who didn’t want people suffering from Ebola to never see a human face when they were sick and dying. Our 10 min film The Adaptable Mind highlights her incredible journey and feels very relevant today.

Cati Brown-Johnson, a researcher at Stanford, was inspired from learning about Mary Beth’s work from our film, and wanted to make sure Covid-19 patients were not alone sick or in their final moments without seeing someone’s face. See more her project here.

The Long Conversation

This week I participated in a "Long Conversation" by The Long Now Foundation that focuses on long-term thinking. I found this framework of 20 minute coversations then passed along in a relay type format to the next person, invigorating. There were many powerful insights. People involved in the conversation were Stewart Brand, Esther Dyson, Kevin Kelly, Danny Hillis, Alexander Rose and more. I was in conversation with futurist Paul Saffo and neuroscientist David Eagleman. Our conversations come in at 2:19. You can watch it here.

Dr. Jordan Shlain's
Dispatch #7 From the Front Lines

Time for Offense, Not Defense.

American exceptionalism is being challenged. Right now. We’ll figure out how to optimize physical distancing and we’ll eventually get the right cocktail of treatments, yet our current state of affairs is all defense.

For the first time in US history, all 50 states have declared states of emergency.

It is time for offense. A coordinated, effective, disciplined, we-are-all-in-this-together offense. Using an NFL analogy: it’s halftime, we’re down 24-7 and our offense has been on the field once and it was three and out. Our only score came from our defense in the form of physical distancing.

To echo my friend Dr. Harvey Feinberg, we need to crush the curve, not flatten it. To get off our back foot and get our offense on the field, we will need cooperation from scientists, economists and politicians. This is a solvable problem. Continue reading...

Continue Reading Dispatch

To health and solidarity,

Tiffany

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Friday April 17, 10am PT / 1pm ETZoom Challah Bake & SchmoozeThis week's theme for my weekly zoom baking session: Flowers on Challah, with peppers, chives, rosemary and whatever else you have. Free Registration here.

The Long Conversation

Dr. Jordan Shlain's Dispatch #7 From the Front Lines

Friday April 17, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Zoom Challah Bake & Schmooze
This week's theme for my weekly zoom baking session: Flowers on Challah, with peppers, chives, rosemary and whatever else you have. Free Registration here.

Dr. Jordan Shlain's
Dispatch #7 From the Front Lines