The comment would make as much sense if it were made in December 2019 - it has nothing to do with the last few months. The comment was also about engineering,

The comment would make as much sense if it were made in December 2019 - it has nothing to do with the last few months. The comment was also about engineering, not micromanaging. When a civil engineer designs a bridge to resist vibrations and avoid resonance, the civil engineer is not personally damping the bridge every time a car drives over. They've simply designed the bridge so it does what's wanted. There's no government central planner telling business what to do, but there are absolutely a number of government planners setting up the conditions under which businesses operate.