I've been searching for the best thinking on how this pandemic could change the world for the better and these are six of the best articles I have read so far - all optimistic/realistic, smart, and imaginative. What have I missed?
1. How the pandemic will end by @edyong209. A masterclass in pulling the blurriness and uncertainty of where we are and where we might be headed in to sharp focus: theatlantic.com/health/archive…
2. Planning for the world after the Coronavirus pandemic by @alexevansu and @davidsteven. How truly global and collective action can help deal with the immediate impact of the pandemic and build a better and fairer world afterwards: worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/28611…
3. In the midst of the Coronavirus crisis, we must start envisioning the future now by @mashagessen. Killing the virus is killing us as a society. Do we have the courage to resist simply restoring the world we have lost? newyorker.com/news/our-colum…
4. What the Coronavirus means for climate change by @meehancrist. How our response to this health crisis will shape the climate crisis for decades. Is a best-case outcome a rethinking of the social contract? nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opi…
5. The world after coronavirus by @harari_yuval. We have two choices. Totalitarian surveillance vs citizen empowerment. Nationalist isolation vs global solidarity: ft.com/content/19d903…
6. The pandemic is a portal by Arundhati Roy. The virus has scuppered the engine of capitalism long enough for us to think about how - or if - we want to fix it: ft.com/content/10d8f5…
