With the world on fast-forward we cannot afford to be left behind
We need new social contracts that bring new options and better solutions
05 April 2021 - 14:20
When will our lives get back to normal? They won’t, because normal was the problem. Our lives function on social contracts between citizens and their government. These are broken. They have been for a while. It has nothing to do with the coronavirus. This has been developing for a few years.
The world needed change on many fronts. The pandemic has suppressed trends and accelerated other changes to the social contracts that rule our lives. This is having an impact on our families, society, work, religion, health and the environment, not to mention democracy and politics...
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