It's funny you ask this.

The short answer is: Yes, it's getting worse. And I'm freaked out in a way I haven't been previously.

But I'm also trying to work through what optimism looks like right now. I think there is reason to be optimistic, but it can't be naiveté. We need to believe it will get better, but understand that it *can* get much much much worse if we fail.

(I have had a dispatch on the idea of optimism in my drafts folder for some time. I hope to publish it before November 5)