Fifty Million Private Realms Might Be Wrong

Can't we do public space better?

I was at an ice cream shop a few months ago, and the starting point of the line was unclear. “Are you guys on line?” I asked a small group. “We’re not standing here sunning ourselves,” he said, “sure we are.”

Well.

Some time in the summer of last year, when the vaccine rollout had only been in earnest for a few months, I remember one particular drive to t…