We can change things we didn't invent to meet our needs, too. But in neither case can we do so without limit.
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Replying to @HenryTarquin @mcjulie and
We can't change our economy so that it magically works just as well with everyone either housebound or 1.5 metres apart
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Well, we certainly can't right now, FROM our homes. Maybe one day robots can do it all from us, like in The Naked Sun...
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Replying to @HenryTarquin @mcjulie and
But for now, some things need to be done outdoors, in proximity to others; some tasks require two people working together, etc.
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And some of the very goods we value INHERENTLY involve breaking social isolation rules: cinemas, theatres, restaurants
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These things exist because people want them, not because a committee of Martians said: "Here's how we'll make humans spend their time"
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More generally, our economy is hugely complicated, and wouldn't work if it wasn't. An arbitrary change will tend to make it work less well
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So an arbitrary change like killing of a lot of people and having 60% of the population get sick at basically the same time would have what effect?
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That change by itself would have a large, detrimental, but mercifully temporary effect.
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It would not be "temporary" you fucking dipshit, dead people stay dead forever The other effects wouldn't be any more "temporary" than the effects of ending a "temporary" lockdown -- in fact, they'd be less temporary, because, again, the dead don't rise again
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