There is no ‘going back to normal’. Jan 25, 2021 · 11:30 pm Adil Najam, international relations professor at Boston University, interviewed 99 experts about what the post-pandemic future will bring. | Pardee Center/Boston University, CC BY-SA
Back in March 2020, my colleagues at the Frederick S Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University thought that it might be useful to begin thinking about “the day after coronavirus”. For a research centre dedicated to longer-term thinking, it made sense to ask what our post-Covid-19 world might look like.
In the months that followed, I learned many things. Most importantly, I learned there is no “going back to normal”.
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Back in March, my colleagues at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University thought that it might be useful to begin thinking about âthe day after coronavirus.â For a research center dedicated to longer-term thinking, it made sense to ask what our post-COVID-19 world might look like.
In the months that followed, I learned many things. Most importantly, I learned there is no âgoing back to normal.â
The project took on a life of its own. Over 190 days, we released 103 videos. Each was around five minutes long, with one simple question: How might COVID-19 impact our future? Watch the full video series here (The World After Coronavirus: A Pardee Center Video Series | The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future (bu.edu)).
In the months that followed, I learned many things. Most importantly, I learned there is no “going back to normal.” Adil Najam Back in March, my colleagues at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University thought that it might be useful to begin thinking about “the day…
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