“Too Much Future”
Great chat this week with Radha Mistry, foresight leader, brilliant mind. The real deal.
Me - I’m constantly worried about the future, truthfully, although not in a “what does it all mean”-type ennui and more of a “can we all please keep hands inside the ride”-type worry.
My short term concern is around this vague group-think entitlement with COVID-19. Suddenly, everyone seems ok with just willing away a virus with and, I don’t know, incorporate some internal logic that a book like “The Secret” wants to sell you. Magical Think Self-Help Juice. Good stuff. This virus doesn’t observe holidays, state lines. I get it. We Americans have always been a conspiratorial people. And now we’ve got: Masks, 5G network, secret voter fraud cabals, vaccines, and flat earth. One can imagine a modern version of Sam Adams: “Britain’s taking our taxes man, spiking this tea with special spices that get you to want to pay taxes. That’s how they get you, maaaaan.”
No concrete solutions or even frank talk from the majority of our leaders. Leaving that space of unknown uncertainty is how people start injecting their own fantasies.
Here’s some facts:
130K dead in four months. Many more hospitalized and now hit with bill$.
July 31st is when benefits run out for many.
The average American barely has any savings to cover a short term emergency.
Zero additional relief for any affected industry long-term.
The stock market has completely divorced itself from “Main Street”, whatever the hell that is too.
Stay safe, be smart, and hold onto your butts.