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Originally Posted by Icky Thump
But a lot are dead. Even more are fucked up sick. Whatever the benefits are they aren't worth the cost we have collectively had to go through. Yes, it is better FOR ME, to be able to do a deposition in my house, and when I am done, go downstairs to my coffee pot, instead of taking a two hour drive to MCO, while on the phone with a travel agent, changing to the soonest flight, sitting in the airline lounge, eating trail mix, getting on a plane, watching netflix on my phone, driving home, then bouncing into the office the next day to show my boss what a tough guy I am. Old way, I cost a client $2500 bucks; now I cost him $250 for a zoom hookup.
But, in retrospect, I'd rather have gone through the bullshit and have 300k more Americans still be alive.
Back to your point though, the cat is out of the bag. Once the vaccine has been disseminated I am not sure I am going to get back on that hamster wheel. As I mentioned right between the first and second wave, my place was stomping its feet for face time. Sure shut their mouths now that the NYC positivity rate is 5%.
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I agree the cost is unacceptable. But it happened, and here we are, and among the observations one can make about the current situation, a very large one is, Covid has silver linings. For some now. For most over the longer term.
That cat needed to be let out of the bag quite badly. We have been on hamster wheels for so long - manic, addled, multitasking, and lacking the time to ask why or if we could live better and more productive lives. Covid allowed us to harness the tech rather than the tech continue to make us 24/7 employees. Instead of our smartphones adding hours on top of the day we spent at the office, they have now properly replaced the time we spent at the office.
Eliminating the commute is the mother of all game changers.
This has been a tragedy, but good often follows the tragic. Crises create positive change. We can say that about Covid. It’s not a sin to admit it.
