Dripping with judgement there Richard. That 20 year old (and millions like him) has lost significant time, and perhaps income, over the last year, in conditions not far from house arrest, to keep the… (View Post)

Making it voluntary is acceptance that there are significant downsides to masks that, now we have a vaccine wall, far outweigh any limited upsides they ever had. (View Post)

Polling is useless on issues like this. People want others to isolate if pinged, but themselves, no sireeee (View Post)

Three reasons why it won't work: 1) Opportunity cost - it prevents the spur of the moment drink, visit to a club etc - this is where entertainment makes money 2) Practicalities - it is impossibl… (View Post)

If you'd be willing to extend it to Europe for the interwar years, Zara Steiner's Lights that failed/The triumph of the dark are perhaps the best detailed surveys I have read. (View Post)