I stumbled across the meaning of life tonight and I was only looking for some home decoration tips. I’d typed “interior design trends” into YouTube. A video called “NCS Colour Trends 2023+” popped up. The channel had over a hundred thousand subscribers. In the 43-minute video essay that followed I got more than a glimpse into the future of colour combinations. I got a take on the First World’s current pandemic zeitgeist. Earlier today, Australia’s National Cabinet shortened asymptomatic Covid isolation to five days. It also deemed domestic air travel safe without masks. It didn’t break new ground here. The USA had already cut its isolation period from seven days to five, the United Kingdom had ended Covid isolation altogether and while both were…