> people throwing the most vulnerable under the bus to avoid slight inconveniences like wearing a mask. That's one variable. I suspect another is ~revenge, fo

> people throwing the most vulnerable under the bus to avoid slight inconveniences like wearing a mask. That's one variable. I suspect another is ~revenge, for past transgressions, real or imagined. As the saying goes: "As ye sow, so shall ye reap", and while sayings like this (there are many) is obviously speculative, I suspect there's a lot of truth to it. > Regardless, the opposite of this "technocracy" is leaving specialized agencies in the hands of utterly unprepared people, career politicians, businesspeople and lawyers, instead of scientists and engineers. That is just madness. An alternate approach is that we could collectively pursue optimality, regardless of whether that is outside the current Overton Window of behavior. No obligation, but it is an option if things ever get really bad. This is what so called democracy is advertised as doing, but I suspect that advertising is rather false.