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shape us and how we can shape the future. I'm Jason Fifer.

At the beginning of the pandemic, I had this thought, and it felt too insensitive to share.

Things were scary at the time, and so I kept this thought to myself, because here's a little

tip for anyone who needs it. You don't need to tweet every thought you have, seriously.

But now that we are living in a different time, I'm going to tell you what I was thinking.

It was this. At some point, at the end of the pandemic, people are going to be nostalgic for it.

It just seemed inevitable, you know, and I thought about this in a kind of sneering,

oh, you stupid people kind of way. People are often nostalgic for the good old days that never

actually happened. They vote based on a story about the past rather than the facts about the past.

So why, I figured, would they not also be nostalgic for a pandemic?

So that was the thought.

And again, I did not tweet that thought.

And then a year passed and people started to get vaccinated.

And we began to imagine the end of this thing.

And then wouldn't you know it?

The nostalgia arrived.

Suddenly today I panicked about life inching back toward normal. I don't want to travel

endlessly for work. I don't want my weekends to be overcommitted with activities. I don't want to

miss bedtime with my kid. I don't want to wear blazers or hell, even shoes. That was a tweet sent by

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