Trying to figure out these ‘new differents’ certainly feels like I’m lost in the multiverse or my daughter’s version of the ‘upside-down world’. In October 2021, Wordle took the world by storm as people tried to guess the letters that made up the 5-letter word of the day.
The most popular game back in 2020 was also about letters… specifically which letter shape would describe the economic recovery. o Would it be a V-shape, with a quick downturn and equally quick rebound? o An L-shape, with a collapse to a persistently lower level of output? o Or a K-shape, with a recovery for the rich and an ongoing recession for the poor?