global disease pandemic? Sadly, probably not. The tragedy of the commons is that humans are not very good at taking personal action to solve collective problems. The trick to revolutionary change is finding ways to make self-interest align with the common good. For people to accept widespread biometric tracking in a way that could help us get ahead of fast-moving deadly viruses, they’ll need to be offered something they have a hard time seeing themselves without. How to get ready for this world is a conversation that needs to be had. And soon. I’m there already. Before I began having my
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How prescient for David to mention this-- although perhaps the psychological effects of a pandemic are recursive, so he has seen the effects of covid prior to the instantiation. If that's the case, I should probably read up.
