When I lived in Switzerland, there was a joke.
The logs at the top of the pile needs the ones at the bottom to be really, really, stable.
apochryphal
As we get past the initial disorientation of what’s going on, past the stockpiling (interesting that the British do toilet rolls, whilst the Americans seem to do guns) and the bravado, past the hysteria of the tabloid press and into something of a pattern, the unexpected consequences begin to become clear.
Who is important to the functioning of our society. The Key workers. The natural Givers.
“Our people are our most important asset” gets seriously tested.
The amount of froth in our economic coffee. The staggering amount of largely pointless activity that consumes attention but leaves no lasting trace, from coffee shops to celebrities.
The fragility of international supply chains, and the comfort of buying from people who we know.
The immediate effect on our CO2 emissions. We’ve talked about in worthily for ages, then this comes along and we …
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