Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Why NYC?
Random thought, probably wrong...
Why is NYC so special for epidemics?
EPA.
Most NYC demons live and work in tall towers with hermetically sealed HVAC systems. Before the era of air conditioning, even the taller buildings had openable windows. Fresh air and sunlight could get into every office. In the '70s energy efficiency required everything to be sealed up. You can't control a full-building AC system for uniform efficiency when windows can be opened and sunlight can heat up offices.
NYC is a giant cruise ship. Same type of incalculably WICKED incomprehensibly STUPID featherless bipeds, same sealed petri-dish environment.
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Relevant footnote: Vintage.es has a nice feature about a time when NYC had open windows and open minds. In 1956, an air force veteran made a bar bet than he could fly from Jersey to the bar. He stole a small plane at Teterboro and landed it neatly in front of the bar on 191st. Nobody pressed charges, everyone thought it was a cool achievement. The pictures show every window open, lots of people leaning out of windows enjoying the spectacle. He made the bet again two years later and succeeded again, but this time he was arrested and jailed. Once is a neat trick, twice is a crime. Fully sane.
Labels: Asked and badly answered, Carbon Cult, Emersonian justice
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