> A conventional war several thousand kilometres away shouldn't affect me Think of it as sort of akin to the very early days of COVID-19. There were far more u

> A conventional war several thousand kilometres away shouldn't affect me Think of it as sort of akin to the very early days of COVID-19. There were far more unknowns than known facts, it immediately became politicized which poisoned the discourse, and multiple historical precedents demonstrate how much worse it could have been. (And of course, it also isn't over...) Today this is Russia attacking Ukraine. But Europe is deeply interconnected, war is definitionally out of control, and there are multiple historical precedents demonstrating how bad this can get. I do hope your faith that this stays "just" a regional disaster holds true, but right now do not see reason to share it.