One can look at the radar for south Florida, and see that we've had our rain for the next few days.

As time goes on, uncertainty (at least about things amenable to modeling and based on solid laws of physics) is reduced yearly.

Economically, it's a good thing to know that there's no rain in the next few days. It makes it easier to plan irrigation, boat outings, etc. And that's a good thing, and one not to want to end.

But still, there's a nostalgia (at least for those, like many of my generation, who remember the uncertainty) of not knowing what was to come next. To anticipate the unanticipatible. While the gain is better than the loss, the loss remains.

Well, there's always death. You never know when that'll come.

Feel better?

There's also the occasional failure of our models, which though rarer than failed predictions were in the past, will be all the more surprising and disruptive for that reason.