Time - USA (2020-09-21)

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TEARING IT ALL DOWN

RE “THE PLAGUE ELEC-

tion” [Aug. 17/Aug. 24]: Pan-
demic or not, the Trump base
is intent on bringing down
the system, which they see as
corrupt and elitist under the
liberal left, they of the deep
state. They did not benefi t
under Democratic presiden-
cies, so they might as well get
a wrecking ball of a President
to sink all and drown all.
Horng Ginn Wong,
SINGAPORE

WHAT TEMPERS TECHNOLOGY
RE “FEWER JOBS, MORE MA-
chines” [Aug. 17/Aug. 24]:
We must not fear technologi-
cal and scientifi c progress
or hold it back in any way.
History tells us that tech-
nological progress has cre-
ated more, not fewer, jobs,
albeit at higher skill levels.
Herein lies the secret: as so-
cieties advance technologi-
cally, they must also meet the
challenge of providing better
and broader education to all
levels of their respective so-
cieties, become more coop-
erative, more inclusive and
more sharing of the spoils of
progress. Unfortunately, so
far, too much of that progress
appears to get stuck on the
upper branches of the tree.
Margit Alm,
ELTHAM, AUSTRALIA

HOLDING WOMEN BACK
RE “AMERICA IS FAILING
Moms. Let’s Start Over”

[Aug. 17/Aug. 24]: How long

have I waited for someone

to point out the disparities

between what men can do

and what women have been

allowed to do. In her com-

mentary, Lyz Lenz lays it all

out in all its annoying com-

plexity. I was born in 1938

into a comfortable white cul-

ture that gave all its support

to boys and ignored girls,

who were expected to give

their parents grandchildren

and stick around to care for

aging parents. Somehow I

managed two degrees and

a professorship, all paid for

by scholarship and fellow-

ship. It is amazing that I ever

achieved anything with so

little support from family.

Anne M. Culver, DENVER

THE GLOOM THAT DOOMS

RE “A NEW GLOBAL DEPRES-

sion Is Coming” [Aug. 17/

Aug. 24]: Ian Bremmer’s pre-

dictions are as dangerous to

the economy as not wearing

a mask is to public health.

His idea that “what’s true in

the U.S. will be true every-

where else” is his most basic

mistake. Add over estimating

the role of China and under-

estimating Japan , confusing

COVID 19 and lockdown,

implicitly assuming that

Trump will be re-elected, and

ignoring the fact that the fu-

ture is far too complicated to

be predicted right now , and

not much is left of his two

pages of text. Investment

professionals know how a re-

cession ends: with the return

of confi dence. What Brem-

mer is doing is undermining

confi dence. This is not just

unnecessary, it is danger-

ous for the economy and the

unemployed.

Peter Kraneveld,

EPINAY-SUR-ORGE, FRANCE

WAKE UP TO THE TRUTH

RE “HOW TO SLEEP BETTER”

[Aug. 17/Aug. 24]: I’m 71 and

have a very eff ective sleep-in-

ducing method that requires

no drugs: I simply focus on

breathing into my belly. It’s

easy, can be done very re-

laxedly and works well. When

I do this, I’m almost unable to

think of other things.

Oscar Mann, NAIROBI

RE “SELLING SWEET

Dreams” [Aug. 17/Aug. 24]:

This whole article could have

been summed up in one sen-

tence: “I spent a lot of money

on various sleep remedies;

none of them really worked.”

As far as I can tell, when it

comes to fi nding better sleep,

it’s a matter of trial and error,

and we’re all on our own.

Brad Call,

STRASBURG, OHIO

IN DEFENSE OF GOOD COPS

RE “IT’S TIME TO RADICALLY

Rethink Public Safety in

America” [Aug. 17/Aug. 24]:

The idea shouldn’t be “de-

fund the police” but “redirect

the police.” Redirect funding,

but don’t leave the upstand-

ing offi cers behind. There is

a place for the ones who care

about the neighborhoods

they patrol.

Renee Carlson,

AUSTIN

Conversation

SETTING THE RECORD

STRAIGHT ▶ In the Aug. 17/

Aug. 24 story about the future of

American policing, we misstated

when Joseph Wysocki became police

chief in Camden, N.J. It was in 2019.

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