73. When our generation discovered uncertainty
Most
humans hate uncertainty. It unsettles us. We live our day to day with an
illusion of certainty. This has been destroyed by coronavirus. We know very
little about this illness yet, and this is a feeling we are not used to. This does
not apply to scientists and entrepreneurs, who thrive, survive and toil in an
uncertain World. But for others, this is upsetting. How can we not know yet
whether we will develop immunity if we are infected, or when a vaccine may be
available? Why can politicians not tell us when lockdown will end? We lash out
in fury at government. In fact, your life is uncertain. As an individual, a
thousand things you do not think of could destroy your life today. An accident.
An attack by a crazed armed terrorist. A heart attack or a serious case of the
flu. This is just very unlikely to happen, but it will happen to many people
today. We choose to ignore this and keep an illusion of certainty. With
coronavirus, for the first time, we cannot get away with this
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