How to cope with social distancing

Coming up today: how to cope with working from home, the behavioural science behind handling a pandemic and an opportunity to witness our rapid descent into news overload madness

The stories we talked about this week:

World of Warcraft perfectly predicted our coronavirus panic
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/world-of-warcraft-coronavirus-corrupted-blood

Working remotely? Your company needs to talk about email etiquette
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/workplace-email-policy

The behavioural science behind the UK’s social distancing policy
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/social-distancing-coronavirus-uk

Social distancing or isolation? Coronavirus quarantine explained
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/social-isolation-distancing-explained

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Show produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess