A bit of a thrill ride, isn't it - the circumstances that lead to that headline?
Because we don't know which one it is. We don't know if we are on the verge of a major breakthrough or a complete collapse. I don't know if we have lived in such an unpredictable time, at least not since World War II.
I feel the uncertainty. Many, many do. Many feel it without knowing what it is they feel, and that, too is scary, makes the times even more unpredictable, because people don't always act rationally when they are both afraid and not clear about what it is they fear exactly. Easy to project onto "the other," then. Easy for the moment to sink into chaos and more violence.
Also to seek simple solutions and a savior, a strongman, to make their world coherent again.
We are sinking into a period of incoherence.
