Hey, acquired listeners, we recorded this episode a few weeks ago in what already feels like a very different era.
Obviously, we live in a whole new world now with the spread of the novel coronavirus and the global health, economic and frankly, emotional fallout as a result.
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In that vein, we have a few announcements to make.
First, and most importantly, we're thinking about all of you right now and in the weeks and months ahead.
Many of us know people who've lost their jobs or businesses already, or even worse, whose family have been affected, and that's likely just going to grow significantly in the coming weeks.
We want you all to know that Ben, myself and the whole acquired community are here to support each other.
It's true.
And related to that, we are going to make some changes for now to both the community and the acquired show itself.
As for the show, we'll share more in the days ahead.
On the community side, we're changing a few aspects of our Slack to help us all do everything that we can to support each other right now.
You'll find all the details in the announcement that we've picked to the general channel and if you haven't joined our Slack yet, now is a great time to do so.
You can find a link on our website.
We think it's especially important to find ways to try to be together right now, virtually, even when physically we have to be apart.
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One other thing, I'm a believer that when you have a voice, you should use it.
And David and I are fortunate to be able to talk to all of you.
So in this time, we are here to tell you to stay home.
Most of you who listen to the show are already doing this, but we figure if we can touch just one person, we can make a difference.
Social distancing really works and has saved countless lives in countries across the globe.