The Year of the Worst-Case-Scenario
Let’s Remember the Crazy Year that was 2020
Welcome all 2020 survivors! Go ahead and pop that Xanax now because we are going to be hate scrolling through the past 12 months of news. Personally, I’m not sure I even fully absorbed what we just went through. But it is time to bravely reflect on the year that was the worst case scenario. Let’s face it, 2020 featured an onslaught of worst-case scenarios brought to life. I think we need to take stock of this! I invite you to join me in my comments to point out events that should be added to the timeline. From business, to politics, to pandemics, to natural disasters! Take a look. I’ll update with a pretty graphic in a couple of weeks.
In reflection as we enter the last week of 2020. We continue to live against the backdrop of a worldwide pandemic, we had 20+ hurricanes hit one side of the U.S. while the other side was on fire, turning the sky orange, a fire started by a gender reveal party gone wrong, a financial crash that turned into a depression, mass job losses, oil feuds and then oil crashes into the negative territory, politicians offering to sacrifice our elderly for the economy, political feuds on Twitter that incite armed militia across the country, Karens attacking people over nail salons or Red Lobster takeout, death abstractly everywhere, and then not so abstractly now with 1 in every 1000 Americans dead. From the beginning in a New York Times, The Daily interview it was predicted, if you know 300 people you will know someone who will die from COVID-19 by the end of this. Zoom funerals are a thing now and we have fashionable mask-wearing.
Speaking truth is uncomfortable and daring. Frankly, in this political environment to speak our truth in these difficult times is a radical act. No message is perfect for everyone. Tact is key. Speaking to the best intentions possible in worst case scenarios is all we have to change the alchemy in this human experience. We suffer, we cry and in the darkest of moods we sometimes laugh because what the fuck!?
No reality show could match the drama this year has created. So, here is a short recap of the not-so-short year 2020. To be continued…
Natural Disasters
Australian Wildfires
Record Hurricanes
CA/OR Wildfires — sky turning orange
Pandemic — Covid-19
The worldwide covid-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives. From quarantining at home to people hoarding toilet paper. From the government teaching their citizens “How to wash your hands properly” to President Trump suggesting injection of disinfectant to beat the virus. From experiencing the second and third wave of coronavirus disease to finally seeing a ray of hope in the distant future with three vaccine candidates.
To Mask or not to Mask
Business
Zoom’s Astronomical Growth Rate
The year has been a roller coaster, and it has left everyone sick from start to end. Especially, in the tech industry. The coronavirus forced millions of employees to work from home and changed the way we work forever. Now, the day starts with a Zoom meeting and ends quietly the same way. The only person happy about it is Eric Yuan, the CEO of Zoom. Its stock price has reached the moon, and its third-quarter revenue surged a whopping 367% from a year ago.
Coinbase Becomes “Apolitical”
Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, announced that he was committed to building an “apolitical” workplace by keeping out societal and political issues like the ‘Black Lives Matter.’ But, the politics of that move did not sit well with many. Around sixty Coinbase employees took the CEO’s offer and exited the company. Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, along with many stated that the policy of not discussing politics is counter-intuitive to the core principle of cryptocurrency.
Tesla Dissolved the PR Team
Speaking of Mars, Elon Musk — the CEO of Tesla is now the primary public communicator of his company. Tesla has dissolved its PR team. The members of the PR team have either left the company or changed their departments. This makes Twitter our portal to what’s happening in Tesla.
Toilet paper run — what was that about?
Ebay comms guy harassing bloggers who wrote a bad review
Bezos affair and extortion
VC attacking Tony Lorenz NYTs reporter on Clubhouse
Elections — Gap’s jacket
Everyone working from home for the first time Zoom
Politics
The Election
Trump and his crazy tweets
BLM
Fake News
Pop culture
Netflix and Cardi B pretty much dominated this category. I have so much to put in this slot.
Tiger King
WAP — Wireless Access Protocol or Wet ass Pussy?
