Episode 07/20—As This World Ends, the Light at the End...

"Within just a few weeks—faster than the blink of an eye in geological time—a tiny, microscopic entity brought the global monolith of human civilization, the captains of industry, the might of the world's militaries, the financial juggernauts of money and manufacturing, to their knees."--Ahmed Systems are being exposed, leading to profound transformation: Healthcare systems Farming and food systems Economic systems depending on growth, fossil fuels Political systems and intergovernmental systems Trade and travel systems Social systems structured for racial inequalities and class Arundhati Roy described it poignantly: "Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next."  More than that, the pandemic is a crucible, burning away and altering the structures that comprise the old paradigm, remaking who and what we are.  The four phases of the "adaptive cycle"-- Growth Conservation Release Reorganization The crucible invokes the truth that The Only Way Is Through. We need to cross the threshold and step into the crucible rather than fight to hold on to what we had.