Today Feels Impossible. Here’s How Science Suggests We Cope.

Uncertainty can hijack our planning machinery and weaponize it against us

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
5 min readNov 3, 2020

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Illustration: Sophi Gullbrants

Election Day 2020 is here, finally. And now, after all the waiting, it’s time to wait some more. Who will win? What will that win look like? When will we know for sure? Hard to say. Throw in all the open questions about the coronavirus, and…

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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.