So here's a thing. Covid can cause neurological damage to the brain's frontal lobe, beyond that implicated by the loss of taste and smell.
Damage to the frontal lobe causes what Neal Stephenson referred to as "poor impulse control". I think the rise in violent incidents on airplanes is linked to this.
Additionally, poor impulse control leads to impulsive spending and purchasing behavior. Compounded by lockdowns and government checks, the situation is that consumers have upped their consumption way beyond their means; but some of this I suspect is neurological as opposed to psychological.
I think wild consumer demand just happens to be right now the most visible part of an iceberg of long lasting brain damage caused by covid, that our society is about to crash into.
Damage to the frontal lobe causes what Neal Stephenson referred to as "poor impulse control". I think the rise in violent incidents on airplanes is linked to this.
Additionally, poor impulse control leads to impulsive spending and purchasing behavior. Compounded by lockdowns and government checks, the situation is that consumers have upped their consumption way beyond their means; but some of this I suspect is neurological as opposed to psychological.
I think wild consumer demand just happens to be right now the most visible part of an iceberg of long lasting brain damage caused by covid, that our society is about to crash into.