I hope folk in the USA won't mind me posting a link to today's XKCD webcomic, which is relevant:
https://xkcd.com/2067/
(For those that aren't aware, the creator of XKCD, Randall Munroe, is an awesomely intelligent person with a great (and eclectic) sense of humour - and a great sense of social responsibility. Because some of his cartoons contain stuff that's obscure, fans created "Explain XKCD" - todays can be found here:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/ind...7:_Challengers)