I remember the first time I steered a 70 foot barge. Turning the tiller seemed to do nothing, so I steered hard over, only to have to steer hard over the other way because of the delay in turning. Too much one way, corrected made me go too much the other way and so on until I hit the bank.
Similar things with the economy a few years ago, the boom and bust cycle.
It struck me that a lot of these outbreaks of the virus might be seen in the same way – too much lockdown gives people lockdown fever that results in unsafe behaviour when lockdown ends, which leads to more lockdown.
I wonder if politics is heading the same way – we seem to have more extreme swings recently.
I had a really nice cup of tea today. Funny how it makes the world look brighter. I like hot tea, and I like ice tea, but lukewarm tea – no thanks.
Why do we like extremes and are they good for us?