Caitlin Johnstone makes the same point that SLL did in “Irrelevant Details”: the world is entering an age of chaos in which the world will look far different tomorrow than it does today. In chaos lies opportunity. From Johnstone at medium.com:
In an attempt to contain the Covid-19 pandemic the president of the United States has just announced a 30-day travel ban between the US and Europe, the super-rich are flying off to disaster bunkers, and the NBA has just suspended its season.
If this is the first you’re hearing of this, go ahead and read it again if you need to.
This is all news that came out minutes prior to this writing. There may have been many other immense news stories by the time you read it.
This is a level of disruption that the world hasn’t seen in generations. Normal things that had been a routine part of people’s entire lives are just not there for them now, whether it’s normal socializing, watching the basketball game, or buying toilet paper at the store.
