Yuval Noah Harari, the World Economic Forum senior advisor, believes that totalitarian restrictions imposed in response to Covid-19, such as the suspension of all flights and the closure of entire countries, will make people “more open to radical ideas about how to deal with climate change.”
“Many of the scenarios that I outlined, before the pandemic, I didn’t outline them as a prophecy, but just as a possibility. Maybe it will happen. It’s not an extremely, deadly virus. It’s not the black death and look what it is doing to the world. So, now I’m just trying to think what will be the implications of a much bigger problem like climate change. Also, conceptually, it shows that, and here I completely agree with you that it shows you that you can change things on a massive scale. That, again, you can stop all flights; you can lock down entire countries. You can actually do that and life goes on in some way. And this may make us I would say more open to radical ideas about how to deal also with climate change.”
Leading advisor to the World Economic Forum, Yuval Noah Harari, suggests that the totalitarian restrictions implemented in response to the scamdemic, including stopping all flights and locking down entire countries, will make people "more open to radical ideas about how to deal… pic.twitter.com/YujUJ8JCpH
Yuval Noah Harari on how the way nations responded to the pandemic, will make them more open to radical ideas about how to deal with climate change
Yuval Noah Harari, the World Economic Forum senior advisor, believes that totalitarian restrictions imposed in response to Covid-19, such as the suspension of all flights and the closure of entire countries, will make people “more open to radical ideas about how to deal with climate change.”
“Many of the scenarios that I outlined, before the pandemic, I didn’t outline them as a prophecy, but just as a possibility. Maybe it will happen. It’s not an extremely, deadly virus. It’s not the black death and look what it is doing to the world. So, now I’m just trying to think what will be the implications of a much bigger problem like climate change. Also, conceptually, it shows that, and here I completely agree with you that it shows you that you can change things on a massive scale. That, again, you can stop all flights; you can lock down entire countries. You can actually do that and life goes on in some way. And this may make us I would say more open to radical ideas about how to deal also with climate change.”