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>I saw some historian last year say, "there will be a world before covid and a world after covid", and I thought that was hyperbolic. But now I see the truth in
by aphextron 5y ago
>I saw some historian last year say, "there will be a world before covid and a world after covid", and I thought that was hyperbolic. But now I see the truth in the matter - it will not be some obvious, monumental, instantaneous change, but rather the slow, creeping change where a few years from now, we'll look back and see that society is just different.
One thing to keep in mind is that this is nothing new. Plague has been with humanity for as long as we have existed. And yet, here we were in 2019 living our lives "normally" after dealing with those in the past. I think there will certainly be a generational cultural divide caused by this which separates us from those who were too young to remember, much like the Depression was for our grandparents. But people will go back to being people regardless.
- gilbetron 5y agoI agree it is nothing new, but that's the point being made, which is that plagues cause discontinuities with societies - they are a driver of change. And that will happen here, too. People will go back to being people, I agree, but just different people, in some ways :) Also, I have thought about the generational divide part, and tell me son that he'll be telling his kids and grandkids about what it was like to live through covid!
- benjaminwootton 5y agoDoes it count as a plague when the average age of death is greater than the average life expectancy? Maybe these long term changes were less necessary than the previous ones.
- gilbetron 5y agoOver 150,000 people under the age of 65 died. It spared the young, fortunately, but that doesn't affect it's classification as a "plague".