Why 2021 Is Going to Be Epic

the higher the death rate, the higher the growth in per capita income throughout the 1920s.” (View Highlight)

Note: this is surprising, i thought in other places recoveries were faster with lower infection

And there will be for some a refusal to accept the good news, as Camus described in “The Plague”. You can become psychologically attached to crisis. Some will be social distancing for months after it is unnecessary. But the impulse to leave 2020 behind, if the past is any guide, will gather pace. (View Highlight)

The reason this immense event disappeared so quickly in the public consciousness is because so many wanted it to. Jen Gerson has a lovely treatment of this phenomenon here. (View Highlight)