Virus
Metadata
- Author: Sakyo Komatsu and Daniel Huddleston
- ASIN: B00AHJN4H0
- Reference: https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AHJN4H0
- Kindle link
Highlights
Which would a later age judge to have been truly superior: that thick, long branch of Mesozoic Reptilia that had given birth to Tyrannosaurus Rex and Apatosaurus, or a branch of intelligent primates with somewhat advanced cerebralization—viviparous mammals that had been building a quasi-advanced, insectlike way of life based on group-oriented division of labor from the late Quaternary period and on into the Cenozoic era? — location: 270
“Booms have their good side too. They can be much ado about nothing, but they do leave us with substantial benefits, and with that we can progress little by little. Even this ship”—he — location: 684
The blizzards of cherry blossoms, the crush of people at flower-viewing parties, that lighter mode of living that burst forth and overflowed in the cities, the new school year, the opening of the pro baseball season—what — location: 1028
It was true. Humans lived much farther apart from one another than everyone imagined. — location: 1046
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In barely a single week’s time—from the start of the second week of April until the weekend—it became clear that this “Tibetan flu” (named for the region where the first outbreak took place) — location: 1401
Far from being fools, in each and every field there are many wise people. However, when viewed from the standpoint of humanity as a whole, there are often times when what they are doing simply seems bizarre. — location: 1665
and on the second page of the Society section there appeared a spectacularly useless request from the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Tibetan Flu Task Force, entitled “Avoid Crowds When Going Out During Golden Week.” — location: 1784