Four Lessons To Confront Ongoing Uncertainty In 2022

With the new year underway, one thing appears certain, and that is continued uncertainty. As The Economist has cautioned, “the new normal is already here.” Uncertainty has emerged as the defining characteristic of our age.

The ongoing pandemic is, of course, the most obvious and proximate cause. We entered a third year with a new and more contagious variant of the virus, which increased infections and hospitalizations, travel restrictions, mask mandates, and immunization regimes. Although it seems to have begun to recede in some parts of the world, Omicron is a stark reminder of the unpredictability of the virus' evolution and a demonstration that a return to some reliable state of normalcy remains just out of reach.