Freeway of Escape

In this era of experimentation, unforeseen boulders form in the road of progress. Low interest rates encourage the right hand to invest, while the left speculates unnoticed. Governments spend money before the ink dries, purchasing assets, forcing lines on economic charts, following virgin protocols. Skewed markets seem normal, kurtosis no longer matters in this 21st century laboratory. Social scientists join the parade with shutdown demands to end a pandemic. Boulders become barriers, traffic crawls, and anxiety replaces speed. Fuel runs low, compensated by steep descent into a mist blocking the destination. No one knows where this new turnpike, with untested exits and unmarked lanes goes, but drivers follow large road signs overhead.