Normalization of Dystopia

Wildfire Smoke Outside, Delta Inside

Photo by João Barbosa on Unsplash

As I look outside my window here in Nevada, I see two things that I did not see last year: intense wildfire smoke with bad air quality and little kids walking to school. I think to myself, wow we have really already normalized this.

Last year, recall that in the beginning of the school year with air quality just as bad as it is…