29 July

As somebody who works in governance, the greatest danger by far to human life is what is sometimes called populism. Governing only by what is popular. It sounds harmless, even democratic. Try raising your kids or teaching a class using that same principle and you’ll produce sociopaths. Societies are the same. You can see all the science and other expertise and terrible experience aligned here for the umpteenth time, against Daylight Saving. It won’t make a difference, because what will be the deciding principle? Whether people ‘like’ it. People like Andrew Tate. And eating too much sugar, and drinking too much alcohol. And fossil fuel vehicles. And not paying rates or taxes. And smoking, and making their partners play out fantasies they see on porn sites. And not exercising. And not fighting climate change or Covid. And and and. That’s the world you get, when the only principle is ‘likes’.