Crisis Spillover: Today is Day 30

I have been looking at the systemic effects of crises for a long time. It was my PhD topic. Most crisis have spillovers we do not foresee. They can quickly become a polycrises like what we saw during the pandemic. During the pandemic, a health crisis quickly became an economic, educational, logistics, trade, travel, and food security crisis. 

👉 This crisis spillover will affect not just multiple countries globally, but industries, global economy, and further weaken the social contract in places where trust is low in governments.

🙏 I have the greatest of belief and respect for the resilience of this region, the wisdom of the leaders who are showing such restraint, and the people. I see that the impact of this crisis is global and this cannot be contained. 

🤔 It is easy to use military power and difficult to be calm and non-aggressive when provoked. The latter takes courage and strength of character. It needs a deep spiritual belief in the concept of peace, and in people.

👉 I hoped and believed that after the pandemic, we as humanity would be grateful to be out of a situation so unprecedented – we would celebrate being alive and cherish every moment. This has not been so. I believed that we would use technology to build bridges of hope, not destroy them, that we would be kinder and more compassionate, since death comes to all no matter how rich or powerful.