A new normal is up for grabs. Let's pledge to not squander the opportunity!
Priyadeep Sinha
VP - Product & Growth | Multiple 0-to-scale journeys scripted | Bet 14 years of career on Human Capital potential | Parent of 4 boys - 1 human and 3 cats - with Sonali
National differences, religious differences, political differences, communal and ethnic differences, personal differences are all getting thrown out of the door!
Massive defence spends look nothing more than idiotic today because while everyone was busy strengthening borders, the enemy crept into our life and integrated itself to life in all parts of the world before showing up.
Uneducated people (and, I am not saying illiterate) compounded the problem by not being part of the solution and blatantly disregarding processes and protocols.
The world's most advanced Health Care systems fell apart when the enemy hit them with a full blow - showing glaring holes in these systems. Imagine what can be the case in countries that barely have a healthcare system with less than 1 doctor/1000 citizens.
The most developed countries in the world failed to take data and logic driven measures to lock down, many of them riding on their egocentricity or lack of agency - seeing short term gains over long term dividends
The enemy bared the truth of world like never before - the glaring and growing social and economic difference among the richest and the poorest
This is what a virus pandemic can do to us. It showed us our place. It showed us that what lies have we been living in. I am sure being a resilient population, we will tide over this and other crisis that come our way but we should learn a few lessons this way. Our differences are petty, our burgeoning defence spends are useless, our paltry healthcare and education spends are a joke, our social differences are scary and our ability to judge our true priorities have been clouded by lies and artificial divides.
We have a chance to create a new normal here - let's not squander the opportunity.