It feels like everything’s building to a crescendo, doesn’t it? The past is prologue, and it’s all leading to…
…something.
The trouble is, when you’re knee-deep in a historical arc, it’s next to impossible to accurately define it. You might be aware that something big and consequential is going on, but you can’t contextualize what the hell it means until afterward. It’s like trying to take a picture while driving 200 miles an hour — everything is blurry and distorted.
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Without the benefit of hindsight, we mistake aberrations for trends, fads with classics, and anomalies as the new status quo.
We’re only three days into 2025, but it’s clear that something consequential is going on. Too many weird moments are coalescing — and not just
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