Quarantiner's Dilemma
Two prisoners were infected with a biological virus. They had the option of going out in the world and then dying while making a lot of other people sick. They had the option of staying in prison until they got better, after a month or so. There was also the option of staying just with each other and not going out at all. The last two choices are ours. What are we accomplishing out with other people anyway, besides making them sick? This is a rather obvious and easier Prisoner's Dilemma and with more win-win options. Never saw the point to talking with a lot of people anyway! So, quarantined me is not in any dilemma. Life as I prefer it usually, except less alone than I like it. Covid-19 enforced seclusion time for everybody almost everywhere. No complaints about that. I think about the three-year-old daughter of my friend on remission whenever my daughter complains about no school or no play-dates. It is for kids like her that we should all distance ou...