Coronavirus will change the world. It might also lead to a better future
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THOMAS HOMER-DIXON SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED MARCH 5, 2020 UPDATED MARCH 11, 2020
QUOTE: "The relatively new science of complex systems shows that such tipping events are made more likely by the unprecedented connectivity in the networks that humanity has laid down in a dense web across Earth’s surface – air traffic, financial, energy, manufacturing, food distribution, shipping and communication networks, to name just a few.
This science also shows that until we manage this connectivity better – which could mean, among other changes, reducing our international travel, simplifying global supply chains and bringing some production processes closer to home – we’re likely to experience more frequent tipping events of ever-higher destructive force. . . . . . "
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