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There are second order effects like: Old people taking care of the grand children so the parents can do other things. Old people sharing their experiences direc
by mirchibajji 7y ago
There are second order effects like: Old people taking care of the grand children so the parents can do other things. Old people sharing their experiences directly or indirectly with the younger generation etc.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoThis is why lazy Darwinian hand-waving is - let's be blunt - stupid and naive. By the time you get to a complex human culture, everything is about second and third order effects. We're here debating whether or not it's Darwinian that Covid-19 disproportionately affects old people, while the second and third order effects are a recession (if we're lucky and clever) and a depression (if we're neither). Given where we are as a species right now, both of those will have a much bigger impact on long-term human viability than any immediate deaths.