Walter Kirn, a novelist, essayist, and journalist, has witnessed individuals give up reason to obey authority figures’ COVID-19 guidelines and mandates, he says, pushing us to further resemble a dystopian society. Dystopian societies are often characterized by government and technological control, loss of individualism, and people mainly being concerned with survival. “We’re told it’s self-interest that rules, but in fact, as demonstrated by this story and many others, what seems to be the most prominent … social instinct in people is to please those who have power over them,” Kirn told the host of “American Thought Leaders,” Jan Jekielek, in an interview published on Jan. 22. Kirn told a story about a bank CEO who was at Warren Buffet’s golf tournament in 2001. The same day the Twin Towers were struck by terrorists, Buffet put a prohibition on using cell phones on the golf course. In order to comply with …
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