The Word of 2021 was "Impatience"
We can’t escape the world but we can re-learn Patience and Self-Discipline.
The Virtue We Have Given Up On and Must Embrace in This Decade
Skinner Boxes are the avatars of immediate gratification and unearned treats.
There was no thunder, no glowing doorway, no mysterious wind blowing through the apartment, and no choir of angels politely alerting me that physics had submitted its resignation.
The deck simply felt heavier.