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Resolving Pandemic Paradoxes

The COVID-19 disruption we are all enduring represents a pivotal moment in history where humanity’s future trajectory is being revectored. The decisions we make and the actions we take during this perplexing pandemic period are laying down the tracks upon which civilization will travel for decades to come.

Disruptions this big are rife with paradox. They happen slowly, then suddenly. They create a where long periods of stability are unexpectedly upended by seismic shocks. Their impact often is overestimated in the short term and underestimated in the long term. They create that eerie that exists between and They are hard to figure out because they seem to contradict common sense and defy conventional wisdom.

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