I agree. When your family members die, and you got sick yourself, and your spouse gets sick and kids are at home all day and the food runs out in the shops and you’re not allowed out to see the sun, it doesn’t matter as long as you work for a software company.
Have you considered joining an autism support group? Up to now I thought I was just about the worst case heere, and now it looks like I’mmpretty much in the middle of the spectrum and others here are way more extreme. Wait, maybe it’s not autism, maybe it’s a complete lack of empathy.
Edmund,
Apologies if that comment hurt you.
The reality is that, as unfair as it may seem, not all countries are affected to the same degree. In Japan for example life currently pretty much goes on as usual. I personally have had more work supporting asian clients than I would have had normally for reasons I won’t go into but they are related to helping out. The same pretty much applies to Denmark and results in a very different perception.
And even in France, in the midst of this terrible crisis that can affect anyone on a personnal level (two of my close friends got sick, fortunately they both recovered) some economic sectors are affected a lot more than others due to the nature of the activity. One of these 2 friends is the leas developper of a tiny software company doing medical imaging software and he has never been busier. He kept working 12 hours a day most of the time even while he was sick because that’s what he does.
So I don’t feel I am lacking empathy here. I have demonstrated elsewhere on LL that I am as concerned by this crisis as anybody else I believe. But I can understand it can be perceived that way from some places and through the magnifying glass of some situations.
More generally speaking, as of now, the world doesn’t end. Our work and life projects are going on. We must rebuild and continue to move forward. That may be one of the things I have learned in Japan after the tsunami in 2011. As I visited the places that had been hit the hardest. The enormous bravery of the people. Their ability to focus on rebuilding in the middle of unthinkable situations where loved ones and their homes were instantly swept away without any warning.
I agree with those who think that this is an opportunity to rethink many things, but I firmly believe that art, including photography, is part of the solution. That will still require tools that work, including Capture One Pro.
And I personally count on them to continue to help deliver to us the best in class solution we have been benefiting from thanks to their brilliance.
Regards,
Bernard
