A good find by Dave Cullen at 53:15 in a recent video on his Computing Forever channel
Discussing The Converging Agendas and More With Fiona Marie Flanagan
31,227 views•Sep 3, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vurv270Uv0I
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/ ... vid-135579
Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.
A crisis on this scale can reorder society in dramatic ways, for better or worse. Here are 34 big thinkers’ predictions for what’s to come.
MArch 19 2020. yes, 8 days after the WHO decided there were charactistics of a pandemic showing in data on Sars-Cov-2 and at least a week after the WEF produced their latest tool showing Covid-19 at the centre of one model of the global system. [archived shortly afterwards]
Amazing prescience.
Author - Deborah Tannen .... a professor of linguistics at Georgetown
For many Americans right now, the scale of the coronavirus crisis calls to mind 9/11 or the 2008 financial crisis—events that reshaped society in lasting ways, from how we travel and buy homes, to the level of security and surveillance we’re accustomed to, and even to the language we use.
Politico Magazine surveyed more than 30 smart, macro thinkers this week, and they have some news for you: Buckle in. This could be bigge
A global, novel virus that keeps us contained in our homes—maybe for months—is already reorienting our relationship to government, to the outside world,
Remember this is MArch 19, when there were hardly any [simulated or euthanised] deaths in most countries]
It could become second nature to recoil from shaking hands or touching our faces—and we might all find we can’t stop washing our hands.
The comfort of being in the presence of others might be replaced by a greater comfort with absence, especially with those we don’t know intimately. Instead of asking, “Is there a reason to do this online?” we’ll be asking, “Is there any good reason to do this in person?”—and might need to be reminded and convinced that there is. Unfortunately, if unintendedly, those without easy access to broadband will be further disadvantaged. The paradox of online communication will be ratcheted up: It creates more distance, yes, but also more connection, as we communicate more often with people who are physically farther and farther away—and who feel safer to us because of that distance.
The various "experts" give their opinions on selected topics, some of which make one smile
"Science reigns again - ...Quickly, however, Americans are being reacquainted with scientific concepts like germ theory and exponential growth. Unlike with tobacco use or climate change, science doubters will be able to see the impacts of the coronavirus immediately. At least for the next 35 years, I think we can expect that public respect for expertise in public health and epidemics to be at least partially restored."
A new civic federalism. - The coronavirus is this century’s most urgent challenge to humanity. Harnessing a new sense of solidarity, citizens of states and cities will rise to face the enormous challenges ahead such as climate change and transforming our era of historic inequality into one of economic inclusion.
A change in our understanding of 'change' - If the danger the coronavirus poses both to individual health and to public health capacity persists, we will be forced to revise our very conception of “change.”
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A return to faith in serious experts - The COVID-19 crisis..... has already forced people back to accepting that expertise matters. It was easy to sneer at experts until a pandemic arrived, and then people wanted to hear from medical professionals like Anthony Fauci
End laughter.
[Covid-19 was so designated on February 11 2020]
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/ ... ruary-2020
"It also gives us a standard format to use for any future coronavirus outbreaks" [hint hint....]