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Back in the early days of the pandemic, we were obsessed with the question: pause or Great Reset?
It’s a somewhat exhausted phrase now. But it still forms the primary framework via which we seek to understand the longterm significance of the virus. This week, I propose a new way of looking at what has happened. One that I think can supersede the pause or reset question and replace it with a more constructive challenge.
Before we start, a reminder to watch out for a big announcement in this Wednesday’s New Week Same Humans!
Until then, find a quiet spot, lean back, and absorb this essay, which is called ‘The Overview Effect’.
If you’d prefer to read this instalment, go here for the text version of New World Same Humans #38.
Links in this week’s instalment
1. The annual Goalkeepers Report from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, published in September.
2. The Overview Effect is a phenomenon reported by astronauts who have looked down on Earth from space.
Ground control to Major Tom
Thanks for listening this week.
If the space tourism industry has its way, then one day soon we may all be able to experience the original Overview Effect. Until then, New World Same Humans will continue its quest to see clearly the changing world of today and tomorrow.
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David.
New World Same Humans #38 – Audio Version