{"text":"The narrator, a time traveler from 2011, scoffs at the despondency caused by the Cuban Missile Crisis -- especially the drug and alcohol use of a resident of 1962 he supposedly cares about. Then he finds his compassion because he remembers he is the exception in being able to see beyond the immediate -- and foreboding -- horizon.","author":"Stephen King","tags":["anxiety","compassion","perspective","prophecy"],"id":15951,"author_id":"Stephen+King"}