CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN, MASK AND VACCINE FAILURES REVEAL THE ARROGANCE OF HUMANISM
CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN, MASK AND VACCINE FAILURES REVEAL THE ARROGANCE OF HUMANISM Mark Oshinskie When I worked in a law office, a co-worker named Brian often dropped in, uninvited, to chat. Brian was a tiresomely liberal Democrat, an office gossip and a pedantic busybody. One day, Brian unilaterally decided that a picture on my wall was slightly askew. Without asking, Brian walked up to the framed farmscape, turned it and stepped away. As he did, the print fell to the floor, breaking the glass and leaving a lasting, six inch vertical scratch on the wall. Brian was later named a Superior Court Judge. Why not? He obviously had such good judgment. Or at least political connections. Humans have often worsened the world with their ham-handed interventions. Via technology and ever-growing central governments, opportunities to intervene in a top-down manner have inexorably broadened and deepened. The magnitude of damage caused by mass-scale efforts to control human affairs has grown commensura...