Is there another way to describe what we are all feeling right now? I imagine the people during any historic event have had this odd, hard-to-name feeling, but perhaps ours is heightened by the fact that everything is truly simultaneously okay and not okay. The combination of true threats to our global health and wellbeing, the capabilities of modern technology (for better and for worse), and a society of ease and disposability have set us up for this.
We are living in a pandemic. We log in and chat with our friends around the world. Entire nations are closed. Here, drive-throughs are open and we can pick up curbside. Hospitals in developed nations are short of resources and must choose who lives and dies. My pantry is full. The president is orange and dumb. Still president, though. We can buy ranch dressing but not TP.
Weird, right? We are aware of the crisis and the global health emergency while also chomping on our In-N-Out burger and posting memes on social media. Is this how every global emergency feels, or is it just 2020? I’m not sure, as this is my first. Well, I mean, other than the environmental one ...
Yeah. Weird.
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