I was skeptical before reading this. Now I’m even more skeptical. It seems like we’d just be letting the pandemic define us. While my life has changed, in the short scheme, my grand scheme really hasn’t. We may see changes in the world after it but this doesn’t seem to be a very compelling case.
The world changed because of Covid, it also changed because of 9/11, it also changed because of the fall of the USSR, it also changed because of the EU, Mao, Yugoslavia, Mandella, Ghandi, Genghis Khan, Diocletian etc^etc^etc^etc^etc
It turns out the World changes a heck of a lot on a rather frequent basis.
I love the idea of a future historian looking back at the timeline of human history, seeing immense suffering (including worse pandemics), and laughing at us for thinking our struggle is important enough to create a new era. Perhaps they’ll just accept it (like how we accept year 0), but the thought is very entertaining.
[+] [-] yakattak|5 years ago|reply
[+] [-] polka_haunts_us|5 years ago|reply
It turns out the World changes a heck of a lot on a rather frequent basis.
[+] [-] samrmay|5 years ago|reply