David Leonhardt is ~15 years younger than Friedman and Brooks. They are dipshit generalists and he's just a dipshit covid specialist but I do believe he could come into his own in the very near future.
David Leonhardt is ~15 years younger than Friedman and Brooks. They are dipshit generalists and he's just a dipshit covid specialist but I do believe he could come into his own in the very near future.
Older people fear death less. At least 20% of the older population would rather die than go a week without visiting their favorite diner
But seriously, young people would more likely be exposed to covid involuntarily at work, while minimizing voluntary exposure by socially interacting with people online
Older folks are often retired or work less front facing jobs, limiting involuntary exposure. Most of the things that make their lives worth living require voluntary exposure to covid. When you have to choose "risk serious illness or never see your friends for years", the brain probably makes that risk seem more reasonable, not to mention all the propaganda they get fed
Source: took a psychology class in college and kinda made this up as I went along
Also, tons of adult children are living with their parents. Multi-generational living in the US is at 70+ year high.
Part of it is covid and part of it is some major metros completely bonkers real estate prices, but without the cost of rent/mortgage and all that entails many people are choosing to work as little as possible.
This is a lot of my feelings on it. I’m more willing to go to a bar than to go to work every day. Risk from the bar is higher but at least it’s fun and happy and I get to see my friends. Work is such a dumb way to get sick, work is lame, it’s not worth the risk