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Silver Linings
I am tired of rehashing all the things I am mad about. So I’d like to try something new: a positive post on all the great results of the Wuhan Virus lockdown. Here is my quickie list; feel free to quibble, condemn, or supplement!
1) A lot of marriages and families are stronger for spending real time together. Corollary results: 40% of parents say they are now more likely to homeschool (30% less-so). I have heard from many parents that they have gotten to know their kids much better, and are happier for it. The family is the core unit of Western Civilization, and our families have run a gauntlet. Adversity which does not kill us makes us stronger.
2) Many jobs are being done as well or better at home, reducing commercial rental costs for business, enhancing the “value add” of knowledge workers. This trickles down to less cost for goods and services over time, as well as higher quality of life for people who will spend less time commuting and who like their families.
3) Hopefully, we have a lot more skepticism about “science” and “experts” and the media going forward. This may, of course, be mere wishful thinking in my part.
4) Is it possible that we will emerge with more balanced perspectives about what is important? I do not mean “our health” — I mean our relationships.
Pile on!
Published in General
Think of all the marriages which won’t form — and the children which won’t be born — because of coronavirus’s fallout.
Best to you, brother.
Silver lining? I ain’t dead yet.
Our experts know nothing, our models reach such a level of “fail” that we might as well be throwing lime coated virgins into volcanoes in order to divine the future. Our gutless politicians find it easier and safer to say “no” than to say “go.”
It’s all a crock. Tear the Band-Aid off quick. Let’s get to work.
I saw a tweet about how 9 months from now there will be a baby boom of exclusively first-born children which gave me a chuckle.
We have also created a precedent for governor as dictator in times of ‘crisis’
apparently Cuba had a good literacy program under Castro