India, June 5 -- Child: "Tell me the one about the virus again. Then, I'll go to bed. That one's my favourite."

Adult male: "Okay! Snuggle down my boy, though I know that you know full well...

"It was a world of waste and wonder, poverty and plenty. Back before we understood why hindsight's 2020. You see, the people came up with companies to trade across all lands but they swelled and got much bigger then we ever could have planned. We'd always had our wants but now, it got so quick, you could have anything you dreamed of in a day and with a click. We noticed families had stopped talking. That's not to say they never spoke but the meaning must have melted and the work-life balance broke. The children's eyes grew squarer and every toddle...