Preparing for the next Pandemic

System lessons possible solutions and why this is a perfect time to do so.

As the current covid 19 ( coronavirus ) pandemic wreaks havoc in our countries, economies and daily lives I think it’s worth taking a moment amidst the crisis to write down what is obvious but might soon be forgotten, important things that might save or help us if it turns out this is going to be a recurring event or worse, a preview of a bigger one…

The big picture

I’ll try covering my bases by noting that being critical of the current status quo needs some justification and explanation. It is not like we can easily affect socio political and economical change just by reflecting on the wrong in the world, it takes real effort and in a certain sense we are continually fighting for a better system, the system at times pushes back, we retreat, charge again, this dynamic goes on until a breaking point and sometimes ( not always ) we get a better system ( sometimes we revert ) or worse end up in a worse system…For most of us at times we are simply born into the result of this dynamic and we try to adapt to the best of our abilities.

A crisis is a good point to measure and test a system, our systems are supposed to helps us survive in a group setting during normal conditions, but what…