The long-term utopian vision: societal efficiency to the scale that social isolation during a pandemic affects the economy at the most marginally. This means further automation and further technological integration into more sectors of society. This means incorporating socialist principles in the economic sphere to allocate funding to public finance or a social dividend. This does not mean abandoning the market system. Instead it focuses on sovereign sustainability. And finally, with regards to healthcare, this vision requires we prioritize it more than the military-industrial complex.

How can we work towards getting there? By promoting scientific and mathematical literacy across our society so people can individually access and interpret data for themselves. With sound rational and logical reasoning, people will independently reach the same conclusions (or be able to productively and civilly dispute each other), eliminating distrust and animosity.

I don’t know how we get there. Even if we waved a magic wand and ensured every single child would be scientifically trained from tomorrow onward, that still leaves the rest of us. We’re quickly approaching the reality of facing these difficult problems. Let’s solve them.