Looking back on last 20 years, the huge events affecting the U.S. have something in common -- they were largely invisible or undetected to start, then all of a sudden, became very real: 9/11 2008 GFC 2016 Election 2020 COVID-19
-
I would disagree. Our global narratives kick off a lot of somethings far in advance, that turn out to be nothings. Eg. Y2K The future somethings we obsess over as a society never turn out to be actual big defining events. The big defining events are surprises, almost by defn.
Macro events can exist in two forms: A. seems like nothing -> is nothing B. seems like nothing -> is something A is definitionally unmeasurable, so you're biasing. Also Y2K is a example of a *huge deal* that was fixed: https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/ …
-
-
Whether you classify Y2K as: Seems like something -> is something Seems like something -> is nothing ...doesn’t matter. It’s an example of a “seems like something” event, and few would classify it as being as important as the others listed.
-
The four events listed, our consciousness was not primed for. Y2K our conciousness was very much primed for. I don’t understand why you are leaving out the two “seems like something” categories, we try to predict big events and worry about them all the time
- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.