The Modelers Thought of Everything Except Reality
We cannot centrally plan an economy. Computers are no help. We cannot centrally plan a response to a new virus. Computers are of no help Marko Marjanović - 6/15/20 [portion below]
"The problem is that this time, the disease mitigators (some of them, the ones in power and with the ear of politicians) didn’t stay out of economics. Indeed, their plans for mitigation trampled all over commerce, life, and the freedoms that are necessary to make it function.
"For a few months in 2020, the presumptuous model-building disease mitigators became central planners, overriding the wisdom of not only medical professionals but also economists, philosophers, political scientists, historians, and everyone else including legislatures and voters."
Excellent article, recommended. https://www.anti-empire.com/the-modelers-thought-of-everything-except-reality/