12 Lessons Learnt After 1 Year of COVID-19

1: We Are Too Dependent On Large Corporations For Our Livelihood & Well-Being

It is clear how vulnerable the supply chain is to disruption from a systematic (global) level and an idiosyncratic (individual) level. To circumvent this the individual should establish their own autonomy and independence by reducing their dependency on global infrastructure, improve provisions and have local means of producing and sourcing essential food and medicine. Each individual can take steps towards sourcing ‘made in your country’ goods and services and support local community businesses to source their food, clothing and essential items.

2: Team Human

This pandemic was not yet damaging enough to destroy our world, but bad enough to cause long and consequential global damage. Short of an alien attack, it is one of the few catastrophes that could make all the humans in the world feel like they’re on the same team fighting against a common enemy…at least it felt like that for a moment anyway and envigorated a feeling that we are all on team human.

3: Money Is Like Oxygen

A huge amount of people are suddenly told they can’t go to work for months on end. Most of these people are dependent on that recurring income to…