Friday, June 12, 2020

Reflection Inflection Point

The environment blog YaleEnvironment360 recently published a thoughtful and timely essay, entitled When Social Distancing Ends, Will We Rethink the World We Want?, by Bill McKibben.  With reference to the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, McKibben notes that
We are on the closest thing ever to a worldwide meditation retreat, with billions finding time to think about their lives.
We having examined our lives and society, McKibben considers what we might decide to make of our future.