If you described 2016 to me in 2004, I'd call you a paranoid lunatic, yet here we are. I'm starting to realize that many of the "alarmist" voices [1] of that time were, in fact, optimistic.

Thinking about what's considered "alarmist" today makes me fear for the future.

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/14/opinion/you-are-a-suspect....