“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
the work of the world, by definition, is unending. it's possible that's the appeal of the idea of apocalypse for so many people, one singular great change, a time after which the work can be set down. but that's an illusion. the apocalypse we're living is a Long Emergency, no one singular change but an ongoing cascade of small things getting worse and never recovering.
that said, some kind of return to the status quo for long enough for everyone to get some rest would be a relief.
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"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
the work of the world, by definition, is unending. it's possible that's the appeal of the idea of apocalypse for so many people, one singular great change, a time after which the work can be set down. but that's an illusion. the apocalypse we're living is a Long Emergency, no one singular change but an ongoing cascade of small things getting worse and never recovering.
that said, some kind of return to the status quo for long enough for everyone to get some rest would be a relief.