{"id":7996,"date":"2020-04-20T09:07:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=7996"},"modified":"2020-04-20T09:07:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:07:33","slug":"how-covid-19-changed-our-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=7996","title":{"rendered":"How Covid-19 changed our world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@gleonhard\/how-covid-19-changed-our-world-futurist-gerd-leonhard-looks-back-from-late-2020-7328a6cdfad0\">Gerd Leonhard<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last week, I was greatly<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diezukunftnachcorona.com\/the-post-corona-world\/\" class=\"bx gb ha hb hc hd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: inherit; text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-image: url(\" data:image utf8 preserveaspectratio=\"\\\" none viewbox=\"\\\" xmlns=\"\\\" http:> \t<line x1=\"\\\" y1=\"\\\" x2=\"\\\" y2=\"\\\" stroke=\"\\\" rgba><\/line>&#8220;); background-size: 1px 1px; background-position: 0px calc(1em + 1px); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat&#8221;&gt;inspired by a post<\/a>published by fellow German Futurist<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.horx.com\/ueber-uns-about-us\/\" class=\"bx gb ha hb hc hd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: inherit; text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-image: url(\" data:image utf8 preserveaspectratio=\"\\\" none viewbox=\"\\\" xmlns=\"\\\" http:> \t<line x1=\"\\\" y1=\"\\\" x2=\"\\\" y2=\"\\\" stroke=\"\\\" rgba><\/line>&#8220;); background-size: 1px 1px; background-position: 0px calc(1em + 1px); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat&#8221;&gt;Matthias Horx<\/a>, describing a possible post-corona world, looking backwards from the future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I often use a very similar approach (sometimes referred to as<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong class=\"go ia\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria,\" times new roman serif font-weight:><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Backcasting\" class=\"bx gb ha hb hc hd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: inherit; text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-image: url(\" data:image utf8 preserveaspectratio=\"\\\" none viewbox=\"\\\" xmlns=\"\\\" http:> \t<line x1=\"\\\" y1=\"\\\" x2=\"\\\" y2=\"\\\" stroke=\"\\\" rgba><\/line>&#8220;); background-size: 1px 1px; background-position: 0px calc(1em + 1px); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat&#8221;&gt;backcastin<\/a>g<\/strong>) \u2014 the idea of using one\u2019s insights and intuition about what is certain to happen, in order to deal with the realities at hand, and be better equipped to create one\u2019s desirable future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>This reminded me of an often-used<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/110844-only-a-crisis---actual-or-perceived---produces-real\" class=\"bx gb ha hb hc hd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: inherit; text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-image: url(\" data:image utf8 preserveaspectratio=\"\\\" none viewbox=\"\\\" xmlns=\"\\\" http:> \t<line x1=\"\\\" y1=\"\\\" x2=\"\\\" y2=\"\\\" stroke=\"\\\" rgba><\/line>&#8220;); background-size: 1px 1px; background-position: 0px calc(1em + 1px); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat&#8221;&gt;Milton Friedman quote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOnly a crisis \u2014 actual or perceived \u2014 produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. That, I believe, is our basic function: to develop alternatives to existing policies, to keep them alive and available until the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gerd Leonhard: Last week, I was greatly&nbsp; &#8220;); background-size: 1px 1px; background-position: 0px calc(1em + 1px); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat&#8221;&gt;inspired by a postpublished by fellow German Futurist&nbsp; &#8220;); background-size: 1px 1px; background-position: 0px calc(1em + 1px); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat&#8221;&gt;Matthias Horx, describing a possible post-corona world, looking backwards from the future. I often use a very similar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7996"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7996"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7999,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7996\/revisions\/7999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}