One of my favorite books is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s such a great satire of modern life. My favorite version of the guide is the original Radio Drama before it became a book.
I was talking with my friend Christine about the COVID-19 quarantine in Milan on March 12th, 2020. She told me that all non-essential personnel would not be allowed outside. For example, no one would be able to get haircuts during the quarantine. This reminded me of the story of Arc B. Arc B contained hairdressers, marketing executives, and telephone sanitizers.
“The idea was that into the first ship, the ‘A’ ship, would go all the brilliant leaders, the scientists, the great artists, you know, all the achievers; and into the third, or ‘C’ ship, would go all the people who did the actual work, who made things and did things, and then into the ‘B’ ship – that’s us – would go everyone else, the middlemen you see.” He smiled happily at them. “And we were sent off first,”