You make a valid, and ultimately depressing point.

I see lots of commentators arguing about 'lockdowns', but very little discussion what actually constitutes 'lockdowns'. Lockdowns in China looked very different to lockdowns in Europa or lockdowns in the US. Lockdowns in 2020, in most countries, were very different to lockdowns in 2022.

> Humanity is really (mostly) unfit to deal with both nuanced information and collective action problems.

There is a point to be made that the number of collective action problems has increased, relative to one or two generations ago, and will further increase.