For a few centuries man has tried to make himself like a machine.
He's learned to arrive on time.
He's learned to repeat after teacher.
He's learned to do repetitious tasks reliably.
Machines are now better at being machines than man is.
Man must now relearn how to be man.
One thing the coronavirus is making clear is that if we do by heroic efforts manage to put the brakes on anthropogenic climate change, there will be lots of people who say "See, it was never a problem."
Fortunately as a parent I'm used to this.