[pokeb]

“… be we're not going back to pre-industialization.”

That’s up to you? Or anyone in particular?

No one assumed 2020 and 2021 would lost to pandemic.

No one expected 9/11.

We’ll intentionally do nothing, reality will decide for us

[deadeye]

I suppose that is true as a baseline understanding of life. I should have inserted the word "voluntarily" in that sentence to be more explicit.

[tonfreed]

My goal for 2023 is to cast off the chains of domestication and become completely feral