Season 2, episode 25: peaceful village
“Maybe home isn’t a place at all. Maybe it’s not the old normal or the new normal, but that better normal--that treasure we have yet to find.”
—Laura Joyce Davis
What story will we tell when we look back on this pandemic year? On the one-year anniversary of Shelter in Place, we reflect on what we’ve learned, what’s ahead, and what two imaginary infants can teach us about creating a better normal.
Show notes:
SF Chronicle article from one year ago: “Bay Area orders 'shelter in place,' only essential businesses open in 6 counties”
A New York Times interactive graphic on states’ stay at home orders from spring 2020.
Another spring 2020 report on statewide stay at home orders
Politico’s predictions featuring Mark Lawrence Schrad, Tom Nichols, Sonja Trauss, Peter T. Coleman, and Eric Klinenberg: “Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.”
“War and Peace in International Rivalry” by Paul F. Diehl and Gary Goertz, examining ~850 global conflicts and the systemic shocks that shook them.
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