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.
我這一生大部分時間都在等待未來出現，卻從未真正覺得我們曾身在其中。而就在剛過去的一年，幾乎是一下子且無法否認地，我們所有人都神奇地、共同地生活在了那個遙遠的、曾被我們稱爲「未來」的地方，而且我們也都知道自己身處其中。「未來」來到了我們身邊，這種感覺很奇怪，就像有人對你作了個惡作劇，但你還沒有完全意識到。我們一直在等待惡作劇被拆穿，但這永遠不會發生。它總是一幅即將被拆穿的樣子，但永遠不會真正被拆穿。這就是未來。