I’m still periodically scared in an existential or civilization-is-collapsing-in-general kind of way, but not in a ‘the economy is about to collapse’ or ‘millions of Americans are about to die’ kind of way.
I’m not sure whether this is progress.
It definitely is progress. If we were in the latter situation, there would be nothing at all to do except hope you personally don’t die, whereas in the former there’s a chance for things to get better—if we learn the lesson.
By strange coincidence, it’s exactly 6 months since I wrote this, and I think it’s important to remember just how dire the subjective future seemed at the end of February—that (subjectively, anyway) could have happened, but didn’t.
It definitely is progress. If we were in the latter situation, there would be nothing at all to do except hope you personally don’t die, whereas in the former there’s a chance for things to get better—if we learn the lesson.
By strange coincidence, it’s exactly 6 months since I wrote this, and I think it’s important to remember just how dire the subjective future seemed at the end of February—that (subjectively, anyway) could have happened, but didn’t.