In an interview with our local paper yesterday, I was asked at its conclusion if I felt any sense of optimism at all during this crisis? I even surprised myself a bit when I replied in the affirmative.
The thing is, there is a case whereby our collective exodus from these dark and lonely days of coronavirus might prepare us for a different kind of future than the one we were heading to just a few weeks ago. It takes a lot to get entire societies to alter their thinking all at once and it’s usually following severe emergencies that it occurs.