I’ve spent much of my life waiting for the future to happen, yet it never really felt like we were there. And then, in this past year, it’s become almost instantly and impossible to deny that we are now all, magically and collectively, living in that far-off place we once called the future — and we all know we’re inside it, too. It’s here, and it feels odd. It feels like that magical moment when someone has pulled a practical joke on you but you haven’t quite realised it yet. We keep on waiting for the reveal but the reveal is never going to happen. The reveal is always going to be imminent but it will never quite happen. That’s the future.
我这一生大部分时间都在等待未来出现，却从未真正觉得我们曾身在其中。而就在刚过去的一年，几乎是一下子且无法否认地，我们所有人都神奇地、共同地生活在了那个遥远的、曾被我们称为“未来”的地方，而且我们也都知道自己身处其中。“未来”来到了我们身边，这种感觉很奇怪，就像有人对你作了个恶作剧，但你还没有完全意识到。我们一直在等待恶作剧被拆穿，但这永远不会发生。它总是一幅即将被拆穿的样子，但永远不会真正被拆穿。这就是未来。