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I& #39;ve been searching for the best thinking on how this pandemic could change the world for the better and these are six of the best articles I have read so far - all optimistic/realistic, smart, and imaginative. What have I missed?

1. How the pandemic will end by @edyong209. A masterclass in pulling the blurriness and uncertainty of where we are and where we might be headed in to sharp focus: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/">https://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...

How the Pandemic Will End

The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/

2. Planning for the world after the Coronavirus pandemic by @alexevansu and @davidsteven. How truly global and collective action can help deal with the immediate impact of the pandemic and build a better and fairer world afterwards: https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/28611/planning-for-the-world-after-the-coronavirus-pandemic">https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/...

Planning for the World After the Coronavirus Pandemic

In just a few months, the tightly connected systems of a globalized world have transformed the novel coronavirus from a handful of cases in China to a global pandemic. The outbreak has hit at a time...

https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/28611/planning-for-the-world-after-the-coronavirus-pandemic

3. In the midst of the Coronavirus crisis, we must start envisioning the future now by @mashagessen. Killing the virus is killing us as a society. Do we have the courage to resist simply restoring the world we have lost? https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/in-the-midst-of-the-coronavirus-crisis-we-must-start-envisioning-the-future-now?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned">https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-...

In the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis, We Must Start Envisioning the Future Now

We have to recognize that what we are doing to avoid being killed by a virus is also killing us as a society.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/in-the-midst-of-the-coronavirus-crisis-we-must-start-envisioning-the-future-now?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned

4. What the Coronavirus means for climate change by @meehancrist. How our response to this health crisis will shape the climate crisis for decades. Is a best-case outcome a rethinking of the social contract? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-climate-change.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/2...

Opinion | What the Coronavirus Means for Climate Change

Lockdowns and distancing won’t save the world from warming. But amid this crisis, we have a chance to build a better future.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-climate-change.html

5. The world after coronavirus by @harari_yuval. We have two choices. Totalitarian surveillance vs citizen empowerment. Nationalist isolation vs global solidarity: https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6">https://www.ft.com/content/1...

Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus | Free to read

This storm will pass. But the choices we make now could change our lives for years to come

https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6

6. The pandemic is a portal by Arundhati Roy. The virus has scuppered the engine of capitalism long enough for us to think about how - or if - we want to fix it: https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6">https://www.ft.com/content/1...

Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’

The novelist on how coronavirus threatens India — and what the country, and the world, should do next

https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6

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