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20 Mar 2020, 3:15 am
eikonabridge wrote:
The West was full of people like Pepe and Ezra, making mockeries all day long.
I perceive this as a personal attack.
It has no effect on me. <shrug>
However,
Please calm down or this thread might be closed by the mods.
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20 Mar 2020, 3:40 am
beneficii wrote:
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Studying the trope of the panicked populace goes back to the fearful days of the Cold War. The federal government paid for researchers to look at how people behave before, during, and after a disaster. “Their general notion was that people would fly to pieces, that people would panic, they would fight, they would loot,” says Knowles. “And that society was basically one missile warning away from total chaos. The sociologists found again and again and again and again that that was just completely wrong, that people are mostly pro-social in a disaster and they don't panic. They help each other, they seek out information.”
We’re seeing this play out in real time with the coronavirus crisis, as communities come together to develop systems that facilitate solidarity. Nonprofits and school systems are planning meal deliveries for those in isolation. “People are offering personal and ad hoc K-12 teaching online, ballet lessons online, music lessons, and other resources for families,” says DeYoung. “It is important to focus on these positive examples of resilience to give people a sense of hope and identify tangible steps for improving support systems.” This probably isn’t the way anyone would want to bring their community together, but this crisis could strengthen support systems for the long haul.
We’re seeing this play out in real time with the coronavirus crisis, as communities come together to develop systems that facilitate solidarity. Nonprofits and school systems are planning meal deliveries for those in isolation. “People are offering personal and ad hoc K-12 teaching online, ballet lessons online, music lessons, and other resources for families,” says DeYoung. “It is important to focus on these positive examples of resilience to give people a sense of hope and identify tangible steps for improving support systems.” This probably isn’t the way anyone would want to bring their community together, but this crisis could strengthen support systems for the long haul.
https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus ... -pandemic/
I'm only going to read this once.
If I got the gist of it wrong, please tell me.
Things are socially falling apart already.
The fighting and hoarding at the supermarkets are evidence of this.
While I always try to be positive, the truth is the truth.
I don't think things are going to get as bad as a lot of people think, in regard to the disease.
I think the economic problems as a result of it is going to cause bigger problems.
To those who have a problem with my *opinion*, keep in mind that I have absolutely *no* influence on how things evolve.
I think it rather irrational if individuals are being disrespected simply for having a different perspective.
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Teach51
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20 Mar 2020, 5:51 am
EzraS wrote:
I have been anticipating looting.
Especially after untold millions lose their jobs.
I think this thing could possibly end up destroying civilization in the process of trying to save it.
The greatest harm can result from the best intentions - that is that kind of **** up I think really will bring about the end of the world as we know it.
Especially after untold millions lose their jobs.
I think this thing could possibly end up destroying civilization in the process of trying to save it.
The greatest harm can result from the best intentions - that is that kind of **** up I think really will bring about the end of the world as we know it.
That depends on humanity and how we take care of each other. There are awakenings of kindness across the globe. In Israel the whole country stood on our balconies and cheered the medical staff, supermarket workers and messengers at 18:00IST yesterday. We took pots and pans and made a cocophony of sound in solidarity. People phoned me to ask if I need anything because they know I am in quarantine. Everyone is running errands for the elderly who are quarantined. Less Instagram, less selfishness. It will be alright.It will be simpler and better.
China has gifted large amounts of medical supplies to Israel in reciprocity for our assistance to their Corona crisis. The world is changing.
I'm thinking that I might need to buy a few chickens and a donkey though
20 Mar 2020, 6:32 am
Teach51 wrote:
EzraS wrote:
I have been anticipating looting.
Especially after untold millions lose their jobs.
I think this thing could possibly end up destroying civilization in the process of trying to save it.
The greatest harm can result from the best intentions - that is that kind of **** up I think really will bring about the end of the world as we know it.
Especially after untold millions lose their jobs.
I think this thing could possibly end up destroying civilization in the process of trying to save it.
The greatest harm can result from the best intentions - that is that kind of **** up I think really will bring about the end of the world as we know it.
That depends on humanity and how we take care of each other. There are awakenings of kindness across the globe. In Israel the whole country stood on our balconies and cheered the medical staff, supermarket workers and messengers at 18:00IST yesterday. We took pots and pans and made a cocophony of sound in solidarity. People phoned me to ask if I need anything because they know I am in quarantine. Everyone is running errands for the elderly who are quarantined. Less Instagram, less selfishness. It will be alright.It will be simpler and better.
China has gifted large amounts of medical supplies to Israel in reciprocity for our assistance to their Corona crisis. The world is changing.
I'm thinking that I might need to buy a few chickens and a donkey though
I see it similarily here. People are solidary and try to survive all the hardships with patience.
I suspect it may not be the last pandemics in my lifetime, with so many people living and travelling, such outbreaks are probably inevitable. We need to learn to react to them as whole, solidary societes. It's just a necessary adaptation for our world so full of humans.
Maybe the crisis will kick us out of the cul de sac of consumerism? I hope so.
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