The #Coronavirus is acting like an unwelcome Olympics for scientists, doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs, techies, leaders, parents, and ordinary heroes of every kind. Setting records in every event.
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What is less clear is where that energy is going. My filter shows a global “mind” being formed, in real time, to fight our common enemy, the virus. That mind needs a lot of energy, like a newborn. And wow, is it getting it.
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I had resisted the common pundit prediction that “everything would be different” after this crisis because I expect a speedy recovery. But I revise my opinion.
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While I still expect a speedy recovery, I also think this experience is rewiring the collective mind of civilization. We probably crammed years of innovation into months. We’ll be coming out of this with a LOT of extra knowledge about our systems and ourselves.
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And that energy will get channeled back into the economy.
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The coming weeks will test us all. But when it is over, we will be far smarter, and far tougher, in every way.
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As Steve Jobs proved, the right thoughts and the right skill stack can turn into trillions of dollars.
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Civilization’s skill stack is undergoing a major upgrade. Watch how much energy that later pumps into the economy. It will be amazing.
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I have to disagree with you. The world isn't going to come together singing Kumbaya. No, they'll argue who was right. Who had the better ideas. Most of us, hopefully, will see it as a Less Filling/Tastes Great argument but they will be taking it very seriously.
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