Apologies for making the coordination problem worse. I actually picked December 9th before I knew about the two dates, inspired by this comment from B_For_Bandana on LessWrong in 2013 - in particular the last paragraph:
Because Smallpox Eradication Day marks one of the most heroic events in the history of the human species, it is not surprising that it has become a major global holiday in the past few decades, instead of inexplicably being an obscure piece of trivia I had to look up on Wikipedia. I’m just worried that as time goes on it’s going to get too commercialized. If you’re going to a raucous SE Day party like I am, have fun and be safe.
I thought about this when I was reading Kelsey’s piece. Thanks in part to this comment, the alternate reality it itself described is actually starting to become real.
Anyway—in the absence of a solution to the coordination problem I can at least help make the discrepancy more explicit:
Apologies for making the coordination problem worse. I actually picked December 9th before I knew about the two dates, inspired by this comment from B_For_Bandana on LessWrong in 2013 - in particular the last paragraph:
I thought about this when I was reading Kelsey’s piece. Thanks in part to this comment, the alternate reality it itself described is actually starting to become real.
Anyway—in the absence of a solution to the coordination problem I can at least help make the discrepancy more explicit:
IsItSmallpoxEradicationDay.com