Emily St. John Mandel: evaluation

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…For how long do you think an extreme form of lockdown is stable? At what point will we see large numbers of individuals simply going out and deciding to have fun, maybe even just as an act of rebellion? I don’t know. There are obviously people who are already there. I’ve been hearing these crazy stories — I live in Brooklyn, pretty close to Prospect Park — about people congregating for big group playdates, like 10 or 15 adults and kids in Prospect Park. That seems insane to me, and it actually seems really unethical. Because if you need a ventilator because you recklessly mingled with a crowd of people, that’s a ventilator that somebody else won’t get. It’s reckless and crazy. For myself, I feel like with our household, my husband and I both have jobs that we can do remotely. We can handle our child. We could keep going this way for a very long time if we needed to. I could do this for months. But there are a lot of people who might not be able to, just very different family circumstances. I’m aware of how privileged I am in this. You also have a background in contemporary dance, is that correct?…

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