The spread of coronavirus has exposed our collective lack of preparedness towards dealing with complex global challenges that transcend the barriers of region, nation and religion. In his 2015 TED talk titled The next outbreak? We are not ready Bill Gates shared "There's no need to panic ... but we need to get going."
Similarly investor Nassim Nicholas Taleb alluded to the outbreak of Coronavirus in his best selling book, The Black Swan. Check out the image below
Talking about the gravity of challenges is necessary but insufficient to address them. It is clear that one nation or one community or one company cannot solve this global epidemic.
In this seminal essay for Time magazine Historian Yuval Noah Harari explains that shutting borders isn’t going to be enough. He reiterates his message in the CNN interview with Christine Amanpour. We need to embrace radical collaboration as a problem solving tool and the time to act is now.
Through this letter we want to share some ways our community is trying to make a difference. Please feel free to join in and share suggestions.
NC COVID Reduction Subgroup: In this subgroup our community members collaborate with each other and figure out best practices to reduce the spread of corona virus. Feel free to join the group by clicking this.
NC Premium Subgroup for Remote Work and Internships: COVID will redefine the way we look for jobs and internships. Remote work will become the new normal and we want to offer all our subscribers access to high quality opportunities. Feel free to send your request to join here.
Webinar - Live from Lockdown in Italy: Vaishnavi, an Emile Boutmy Scholar at Sciences P, shared her reflections from being locked in her apartment in Italy. You can access the video here
Global Happy Hour (Virtual): In the Age of Coronavirus: Join us tomorrow - social distancing does not mean social isolation. Let’s come together and share our experience of negotiating with this global crisis. This is the link of the event. RSVP here
Recommendations
COVID Tracker created by our community members - https://covidindia.org/
History of Pandemics by Visual Capitalist
Article by Vikram Jinal (Ex-IAS, Stanford MBA Student)
Quote we are pondering over
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”