So, furlough payments have been extended in the UK but it’s clear the language is changing. We are now being encouraged back to work not because it is now any more safe (forget “R”, more people infected in aggregate means greater risk of catching the disease), but because they cannot afford to maintain the current levels of support forever. It’s oh so predictable and oh so sad.
My latest addition in the Papers section discusses the effect having the wrong conceptual framework has on our ability to find the best solutions to problems.