I do not understand people who say they are bored. I'm not saying these are great times—maybe they're pretty rough—but boring? We're living in the most absurd, unpredictable, headline-grabbing period in history.
The whole fabric of society feels like it's falling apart. Families torn up over politics, cities divided, institutions losing credibility at every turn. The air feels tense, like we're on the edge of major change. Left versus right, rich versus poor, rural versus urban; tensions are so thick you could slice through them. Healthy? No. Boring? Absolutely not.
Every day, somewhere in the world, people are in the streets, protesting something. Entire groups are living in alternate realities, getting news from wildly different sources, struggling even to agree on basic facts. You’ve got one side saying the sky’s blue, the other insisting it’s green, and neither is backing down. The disagreements are so deep that even fundamental truths—like whether a woman can become a man—make people hate each other. It's like we’re all living in separate realities, each fed by different sources, different "facts," and completely different versions of the world. If this sounds familiar, it should: it’s the same kind of fragmentation that has sparked "interesting" times in the past. Inflation, extremism, disillusionment with societal norms—it’s all here.
And economically, inequality is skyrocketing, with young people unable to afford homes while billionaires build private spaceships. The middle class is disappearing like a ghost. Is this good? No. But it’s downright fascinating to watch unfold.
Every single day brings news that would’ve been earth-shattering a decade ago. Consider what's going down right now. A war in Europe with AI-driven drones, live updates on Telegram, and the entire warfare playbook rewritten in Ukraine, all on our phones. The Israel-Hamas war looks ready to destabilize the Middle East. Tragic? Absolutely. Boring? Not even close. You can literally watch tribal fights in Somalia on TikTok. That's how wild things are,
And then there's Trump. Love him or hate him, he's impossible to ignore. This assassination attempt would have shocked the world for months in another time. But two weeks later? It's practically old news. The pace is so intense that yesterday’s earth-shaking events barely even register before the next crisis hits.
The technology we’re surrounded by is thrilling and terrifying. We’re talking to AI that writes poetry, codes, and debates philosophy. Will it make or break humanity? Will we achieve general artificial intelligence? Who knows, but it’s anything but dull watching us gamble with civilization.
Finance feels like a chaotic rollercoaster: fortunes up and down in hours, crypto crashes, meme stock explosions. It’s financial chaos theory, and we’re all glued to see what snaps first.
Social media has turned everyone into potential influencers, propagandists and rebels, or all of that. Ideas flare up, movements ignite and fizzle, reputations are made and destroyed, all at a speed we’ve never seen. Established institutions are shaking as new structures rise from dust.
"Interesting" doesn’t mean "good." A hurricane is interesting. A train wreck is interesting. And we’re living through all these in real and metaphorical ways.
If you’re bored in 2024, you’re just not paying attention. Historians will study this time with awe and horror, writing books on weeks instead of years.