General Discussion

I feel frustration at all the efforts at progress over the last four years laid to waste. Frustration at how much harder it is going to be to get society back on a democratic, green, fair, pro-science and egalitarian path.

Frustration that megalomaniac billionaires are making a mockery of the democratic process and projecting (that moron Musk).

I have retired the more heated mood of the preceding weeks and settled on a forward thinking path. It is better for my mental health.

I prefer to have this reaction as long as it is possible over other ones .

I just can’t afford depression and fear anymore. I am trying to be as aware as anyone but I am a scientist and I find that when I can avoid it I prefer to avoid emotion.

Frustration I can handle and work with. Look at all the stuff Dr Fauci has dealt with. And yet he carried himself through it all with dignity and professionalism. He is a role model.