Hi TOK List, Here are some good "sense making" resources on the Coronavirus. First, for a quick summary of best and worst case scenarios, see this NY Times piece by Nicholas Kristof: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/opinion/coronavirus-outcomes.html Second, for a world history view in context with an emphasis on the lack of global leadership in the current crisis, see Harari's piece here: https://time.com/5803225/yuval-noah-harari-coronavirus-humanity-leadership/ Third, Tomas Pueyo has produced some interesting pieces showing the danger of the exponential growth that we may be looking at. Here are two medium pieces: https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56 Here is an interview with him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMiIPu1iJmE Fourth, here are two other "sense making" videos from Rebel Wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--5kcQIkyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDWmKL7xCk Fifth, here is a good video with Jordan Hall on systemic vulnerability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D48Yv_5dHOU&feature=youtu.be<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DD48Yv-5F5dHOU-26feature-3Dyoutu.be&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=wjF8cZoiFchamTuxBdDEmw&m=OP1_0iMqjcsZDzyy0_o4hvx4vXZW9LxrtvvhRwd6rZA&s=mT7GJlS_goXTOgqkIIToSbE9Li3jBXi220VBROG4Wrw&e=> and here is a second one with Hall and Vervaeke... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQlDjWq_XmQ Please feel free to share feedback, thoughts or other resources that folks might find helpful. Best, Gregg ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1
