Today I've been thinking of 2020 less as the year of unexpected shocks & catastrophes more as the year predictions came true. For decades concerned people have studied the likelihood of many bad things happening & proposed intelligent ways to prevent or mitigate them.

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— Astra Taylor (@astradisastra) September 19, 2020

Same. 2020 is the year we finally entered the “consequences” phase of many past fuck-ups, flubs, fumbles and failures. Quite predictable! We knew climate change was on its way; we knew a pandemic was inevitable, and we knew inequality and lack of a functional medical system were extremely dangerous.

Yet we did nothing. Not only did nothing — we made them all worse after many, many warnings. So, as I said: predictable. Don’t listen to the “Who could have known?” crowd. They are just attempting to excuse their past inaction and present incompetence.

Many knew and have known for years.