Coronavirus, UBI, working from home, unbearable traffic, etc are all part of the same technocratic agenda. The world is being re-shaped and most people on this site can't see the wood for the trees. What we are moving into is total governmental control of every facet of our lives - it will be a fascist dictatorship run by google, amazon etc. You may think I am overstating the case, but it is all well planned - take a look at the nice words here:
https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda
The governors are not our friends, we are being lied to in order to agree to give up control of our natural born freedoms (to move, breath, control what we put into our bodies). It is the death of individuality, and the growth of the collective. Sad times.
The reason for the downvotes.... won't be popular to hear, but here it is.
This forum apparently values the scientific outlook, which is purported to be a skeptical one. Do not commit to accepting whatever-it-is without evidence, right?
But that unpopular, question opinions are so downvoted (which has the effect that replies cannot be posted until the next day when no one is watching) speaks volumes about how skeptical people really are. How much application of the scientific method do people actually use in their lives?
What we really have in science, and society in general, is an echo chamber where lots of lip service is given to the scientific method but no one actually implements it personally. Then when someone like me comes along and critically reviews the presentation, it leaves people feeling uncomfortable as they realise just how much they have taken on trust.
So, the answer is to downvote. Its not pretty but everyone can get back into the comfortable echo chamber. And in preventing unpopular skeptical opinions (ie maintaining the echo chamber) is what HN is here to facilitate.
What does this mean to the value of what we are "seeing"?
The example used before - that it is equivalent to a deaf man seeing a music visualisation - is apt. It is some sort of model, but not particularly close. It might still be useful, of course.
We can all be locked in our homes - nice and safe - but at that point there is no value to life.
Life comes with risks, and it is managing those risks that determines if a life is well-lived or not.