This is what happens to you when you spend too much time on the internet, kids.
Week number 21, 2020.
One.
Even more stuff on Covid-19. Articles, analyses, statistics, opinions, ads, tips and tricks, some actual facts every now and then, and naturally your occasional shaming of Sweden for its approach to the pandemic. What sounds to me like a false dilemma has been coming up increasingly these days: whether we hit the right balance between keeping more humans alive right now and keeping the economy alive in general. A rough answer to this would be “no”, but it remains to be seen whether this was a wise choice or not in the long run. So why is everyone (I mean everyone) so eager to make a judgement in the short run? Still, and despite their remarkably poor calls, governments all over the world keep repeating that money doesn’t grow on trees. This should give us an idea of what’s next.
Two.
Even more stuff on working from home. We’ve gone past the ten rules for working from home, the six ergonomic desks for working from home, the eight best laptops for working from home, and the 27 most efficient teamwork apps for working from home. It seems the case has been proven: working remotely is feasible if you leave out certain activities or jobs given their nature. Now shit is getting real. Official company statements on the very realization are starting to come in. Also official company announcements on the intention to never get back to the office. Up next: classifieds whereby Facebook and Google are trying to rent half their Silicon Valley campuses. The prices are expected to be low since nobody needs these anyway. I’m just wondering what the new symbol of status is going to be. Any bets?
Three.
Even more stuff on sourdough. Sadly, I’m not a bread fan myself, although baking is indeed a sport I pursue. But, oh boy, every single Instagrammer out there has her own version of sourdough starter. In fact, she even has a humanlike name for this starter because at some point during this quarantine a lot of us ended up having strange relationships with things in our household. This also explains why I keep finding the shelves at my local store empty of flour and yeast two months down the line lockdown. Do they actually eat all this bread?
Four.
Even more stuff on online education. For the sake of this paragraph, think of “education” in flexible terms. Having a laptop and some internet connection are more than enough. You have officially become a source of expertise. You can now deliver online workshops, trainings, courses, lectures, and their synonyms in practically anything you feel moderately comfortable talking about. Consider emailing a certificate in pdf upon completion, something I can somehow mention on LinkedIn, goddamnit. In all seriousness, during this lockdown I’ve stumbled upon uncountable entities and non-entities that offer the wi(l)dest variety of knowledge and certifications I could ever wish for in exchange for money or simply your data. And I’m asking: is this getting out of hand? Sharing is caring, they say, but I still have to justify that expensive and old public university I picked for my education years ago. How wrong was I calculating the opportunity cost back then?
Five.
Even more stuff on Elon Musk. Did he tweet something exciting? Did he restart production in Fremont? Did the searches for Fremont go up after it appeared in the news? Was he arrested? Did he really name his newborn whatever he named his newborn? Are the rumours true that his loyal followers are starting to feel less loyal given some of the above? Did he save the world today for crying out loud? Well, what do I know. I’m not a white-male-heterosexual. You tell me.
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