COVID-19, What Have We Learned and What is Next?
Since the beginning of time, societies have adapted, changed and evolved tremendously. Whether to protect themselves and/or recover from natural disasters or cataclysms, whether to defend from predators, improve hunting, fishing, planting or storing methods or to fight illness and ailments, societies have overcome impossible challenges for thousands of years.
The globally threatening pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus has, once more, thrown a wrench into life “as we know it” and changed the way we do business, the way we shop, the way we relate to our families, friends and neighbors and the way we look at society in general. However scary, this type of challenge is not new to humanity and we are already on our way to overcoming once more.
It is undeniable that technology is probably the number one constant in human evolution and the number one tool when it comes to overcoming. In this particular case, technology has allowed people to maintain the required social distance while staying productive, and to remain close to those who are far, whether in the office next door or in a different continent! Technology has allowed online/phone ordering, delivery, curbside pick-up, virtual work and family meetings and has even allow us to control our lights, AC units, doorbells, doorknobs (well, you get the point) all with voice commands or mobile apps.