Stay-home order: Don’t burn down our own barn
Throughout history, lepers were quarantined and the healthy went to work. Now, the healthy are quarantined and the “essential” go to work.
But now we’re the lepers, herded into digital colonies and talking to each other through the plumbing, where every word is watched.
How is that sustainable? Shall we save more lives by burning down our own barn?
Watch Sweden. They like their barns. We should, too.
Arne Herstad, Gig Harbor
This story was originally published May 14, 2020 at 5:32 PM with the headline "Stay-home order: Don’t burn down our own barn."