If I had. I did not. Still. If I had in 1974 known 2022 would be like Kirsch sets forth very little would be different I think. I might have moved to SF at 25 instead of thirty.
As it actually is in the world my luck held up. The Covid-19 situation and my wife being a prime target for vaccination popped like the hot air balloon. Doctor, perhaps not having to make death quota, evidently deems further effort regarding Covid superfluous. Her daughter may not, but having primary care provider on our side neutralizes the argument for vaccination.
For most men life is made up of two days:
1. In the first they believe everything.
2. And in the second, nothing.
For a few others, life also has two days, but what distinguishes them from ordinary men is that
1. In the first day they believe only in illusions, and these are nothing;
2. While in the second day, they believe in everything, for they believe in truth, which is all.
~ Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin