It's getting thick with conspiracy theories out here. I am making my fair share of them but will keep them to myself and my family for now. It all seems too much for it to be a simple "lone gunman" story.  There's a lot of uncertainty as a result and it just so happens that my wife and I started financing our end-of-life rituals (funeral and burials). Weird? Maybe, but it stands in contrast with a short-sighted approach to life. Thinking and contrasting those two general attitudes of life got me thinking of "time preferences." Hope it helps you to move forward in these uncertain times.