was reading a demography article a few days ago saying we live in times of "unprecedented uncertainty" and i feel like people just do not realize how unstable life before modernity was.
https://twitter.com/Micaheadowcroft/status/1486712248236068866
we do not in fact live in times of great uncertainty.
we live in times of extremely high expectations of stability, and a small increase in uncertainty versus the period when those expectations formed.
we live in times of extremely high expectations of stability, and a small increase in uncertainty versus the period when those expectations formed.
but even with COVID it's not like you were rolling the dice on if you'd live to see 30 or something
when we were having Suzie in Hong Kong in January 2020 after months of protests and political instability and then a pandemic and us far from family sometimes people would be like "wow, what a time to have a baby"
and we were just like honey, this is just Tuesday in 1650.
and we were just like honey, this is just Tuesday in 1650.
you live in extraordinarily good times and have a duty to your ancestors to have a posture of eager thankfulness for the good things they built for you.
and by "you" of course i mean "person who followers weird nerdy posters on twitter"
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