While trying to explain the motivation behind creating this website, it’s hard to do a better job than this tweet:
This website is an attempt at systematising and simplifying the task of thinking about the vast array of changes that the coronavirus will likely inflict. It acts as a virtual file cabinet: an organised repository that brings together the best resources on the internet (as judged by us) to allow readers to understand the many ways in which the post-coronavirus world will be different from the current one. In doing so, we limit ourselves to the most significant and global differences.
The likely changes are framed in the form of questions divided into six different categories: politics and policy, geopolitics, public health, economics, society, and technology (we found these to be exhaustive). Each question is followed by a brief introduction that allows the reader to understand it better, which is then followed by a collection of the best online references we could find, to allow the reader to dive deeper.
There are two additional sections: one on the most important tweets, and another on the charts/graphics that best capture the outbreak and everything related to it. These two sections will not just be futuristic in nature, but also deal with the crisis as it is unfolding currently.
The website is intended to be dynamic in nature, in that we will continue to update the questions, the reference links, the tweets and the graphics. Every update, along with the date it was made on, will be recorded in the "Latest Updates" section.
We would like to emphasize that the website is neither comprehensive nor entirely our original work. Most of the questions – and almost all the links, tweets and charts – have been either inspired by, or taken directly from, the work done by stalwarts around the world, and duly referenced. This website is only a mine to extract all the gold from.
This website is not intended as the IP of its creators. Instead, it aims to grow through enrichment by the internet commons, and so we strongly welcome critiques and suggestions in the form of comments left by our readers. We would be more than happy to add – while giving due credit to whoever makes the suggestion – any thoughtful questions/references/charts/tweets.
The website is neither comprehensive nor entirely our original work. We strongly welcome critiques and suggestions in the form of comments left by our readers. We would be more than happy to add – while giving due credit to whoever makes the suggestion – any thoughtful questions/references/charts/tweets.
Note: We do not vouch for the authenticity/accuracy of the links/tweets/graphs or other material on this website, and it is strictly not meant to be taken as medical advice of any kind.
Given its enormity, thinking about the impacts of the coronavirus can be overwhelming. The outbreak has already metamorphosed our lives, and it’s quite likely that nearly every aspect of humanity’s shared future will, in one way or another, be shaped by it. Some of the changes will radiate from the individual to the social – how people travel, spend leisure time, shop, choose life partners (who would you want to be quarantined with?) – while others will follow the opposite direction, including fundamental shifts in politics, economy, and quite possibly the very fabric of society.
This website is an attempt at systematising and simplifying the task of thinking about the vast array of changes that the coronavirus will likely inflict. It acts as a virtual file cabinet: an organised repository that brings together the best resources on the internet (as judged by us) to allow readers to understand the many ways in which the post-coronavirus world will be different from the current one. In doing so, we limit ourselves to the most significant and global differences.
The likely changes are framed in the form of questions divided into six different categories: politics and policy, geopolitics, public health, economics, society, and technology (we found these to be exhaustive). Each question is followed by a brief introduction that allows the reader to understand it better, which is then followed by a collection of the best online references we could find, to allow the reader to dive deeper.
There are two additional sections: one on the most important tweets, and another on the charts/graphics that best capture the outbreak and everything related to it. These two sections will not just be futuristic in nature, but also deal with the crisis as it is unfolding currently.
The website is intended to be dynamic in nature, in that we will continue to update the questions, the reference links, the tweets and the graphics. Every update, along with the date it was made on, will be recorded in the "Latest Updates" section.
We would like to emphasize that the website is neither comprehensive nor entirely our original work. Most of the questions – and almost all the links, tweets and charts – have been either inspired by, or taken directly from, the work done by stalwarts around the world, and duly referenced. This website is only a mine to extract all the gold from.
This website is not intended as the IP of its creators. Instead, it aims to grow through enrichment by the internet commons, and so we strongly welcome critiques and suggestions in the form of comments left by our readers. We would be more than happy to add – while giving due credit to whoever makes the suggestion – any thoughtful questions/references/charts/tweets.
TL;DR
The coronavirus will change the world in nearly every manner imaginable. It can be overwhelming to think about these enormous changes.
This website collates the best resources on the internet (as judged by us), to simplify the task of thinking about the likely differences between the pre and post-coronavirus world. The differences are framed in the form of questions divided into six different categories. Each question is followed by a brief introduction, which is then followed by a collection of online references to allow a deeper dive.
There are two additional sections: one on the most important tweets, and another on the charts/graphics related to the outbreak.
The website is neither comprehensive nor entirely our original work. We strongly welcome critiques and suggestions in the form of comments left by our readers. We would be more than happy to add – while giving due credit to whoever makes the suggestion – any thoughtful questions/references/charts/tweets.
Note: We do not vouch for the authenticity/accuracy of the links/tweets/graphs or other material on this website, and it is strictly not meant to be taken as medical advice of any kind.