Myrphy’s Law that “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong” is once again confirmed by the pandemic. Many viewpoints are shared, regarding the outbreak of the pandemic, including it being a bioweapon or not.
Regardless of how advanced the world is in terms of technology and knowledge, it can’t fathom the origin of the pandemic. But rather left to accept that – with each advance step forward, the world goes two steps back.
All in all, that nothing is permanent, nor static.
Perhaps the notion that ‘living in a global village is worthy or trendy’ seems to be a weak assumption – the very aspect on which the world appears to over-rely. It makes me think that the interdependence of nations in the world is not reliable anymore, and physical boundaries stand strong amidst the state-of-the-art virtual marketplace (where you can order and buy essentials but getting it physically delivered to the final destination stands in the way). In such an uncertain world, the old adage is affirmed again – that history repeats itself – but this time, perhaps in a different way to test the resilience of people.
I agree with Mr. Mettananda. The coronavirus had exposed the darker side of globalization as we know it. First, there’s the issue of supply chain disruption, and we have come to see the selfishness of nations because they naturally have to protect their people above all else. The lack of international collaboration, on air travel and people movement for instance, has led to the spread of the coronavirus to all parts of the world. Even within nations there are federal and state disagreements on how to handle the issue.
Myrphy’s Law that “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong” is once again confirmed by the pandemic. Many viewpoints are shared, regarding the outbreak of the pandemic, including it being a bioweapon or not.
Regardless of how advanced the world is in terms of technology and knowledge, it can’t fathom the origin of the pandemic. But rather left to accept that – with each advance step forward, the world goes two steps back.
All in all, that nothing is permanent, nor static.
Perhaps the notion that ‘living in a global village is worthy or trendy’ seems to be a weak assumption – the very aspect on which the world appears to over-rely. It makes me think that the interdependence of nations in the world is not reliable anymore, and physical boundaries stand strong amidst the state-of-the-art virtual marketplace (where you can order and buy essentials but getting it physically delivered to the final destination stands in the way). In such an uncertain world, the old adage is affirmed again – that history repeats itself – but this time, perhaps in a different way to test the resilience of people.
I agree with Mr. Mettananda. The coronavirus had exposed the darker side of globalization as we know it. First, there’s the issue of supply chain disruption, and we have come to see the selfishness of nations because they naturally have to protect their people above all else. The lack of international collaboration, on air travel and people movement for instance, has led to the spread of the coronavirus to all parts of the world. Even within nations there are federal and state disagreements on how to handle the issue.