Everything Happening Right Now? Predicted 51 Years Ago on “Star Trek”
Pandemic? Political division? Predicted in “Cloud Minders” episode
A February 1969 episode of “Star Trek” sounds a little like today: two classes of people largely unaware of the other — until an airborne virus threatened their entire world.
“Toil” on the ground separated from “stay at home” leisure “in the Cloud?” A deadly planet-wide plague and an establishment vs. outsiders revolution were at the heart of that 1969 episode. Now it’s “essential’’ vs. “non-essential with tensions obvious at pandemic hot spots.
Michigan ranks third in America for the most COVID-19 deaths. Just after the demands on Michigan's healthcare system peaked, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tightened restrictions further adding new limits, dubbing classes of workers, items and services either essential or non-essential.
Essential or Non-Essential?
Her order created two classes of residents: “essential’’ to the infrastructure and “non-essential.’’ The essential people (like tire stores to fix your car) are encouraged to work as always. Non-Essential people (like the Apple store to fix your computers and phones) and other activities are shuttered. If you can work from home? Good, stay home. If you…
