2021-01-05
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So most of us live our lives, not all that confused about the events of the world that are going on around us.
I mean, why would you be?
Really?
We watch the news, we stay informed, we read books.
When something happens, we got a pretty good idea of how the world works.
We got a pretty good idea of human nature, and how people are going to behave in reaction to that thing.
We got a pretty good idea of what is possible to expect.
But every once in a while, occasionally, something happens in the world that throws us for a loop,
something that challenges these ideas we have about how things work.
This thing can seem so bizarre and unexpected
that you even start to wonder how any person could have ever possibly seen it coming.
This feeling can send someone into a bit of a crisis mode.
Did I know as much as I thought I knew about people and the universe?
How do you explain this thing that's happening?
What does this mean for the world moving forward?
This can be a pretty uncomfortable place to sit for very long.
People naturally want to get back to that comfortable place of feeling like they can predict the future.