• boboblaw [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    The purpose of a system is what it does.

    Covid made it clear what the answer is whenever there’s a choice between millions of lives and making sure line go up . The negative consequences are termed “the cost of doing business”.

    We saw that one of the primary responses to COVID by the government was “stop testing”, which has been implemented with broad bipartisan support.

    If the data doesn’t change the outcome of the decision, then it’s not a tool but a problem