What a Global Crisis is Teaching Us About Social Connection

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

All around the world, right now, billions of people are self-isolating inside their homes on an unprecedented scale. A microscopic organism has shaken the entire world into a global crisis and forced humanity to re-asses the way we live and how we relate to one another. What is this mass-social distancing teaching all of us about social connection and what world awaits us when we finally step outside once again?

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
0:11.0	So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and sees apply check the Uber app. My name is Josh Ballard. I'm the editor for the Unmistakable Creative Podcast.
0:31.0	As of today, South Africa has begun a 21-day lockdown. So far, my
0:37.7	neighbour has walked his dog three times in a day, and I've spent the whole day,
0:42.3	he eating after a pizza and working on what you're
0:46.1	listening to right now. I know South Africans are tough and we will get through this
0:51.6	no matter what.
0:52.8	And the same remains true for the human race.
0:56.5	In Serbia, they have sent all the kids home
0:59.5	and what they are doing now is they are recording and airing on national television like you know from 7 AM to 8 AM
1:08.6	his first grade from 8 AM to 9 AM etc.
1:11.6	So to 90
1:17.0	the intro. The internet can often be a really vicious place, but over the last couple of weeks,
1:19.0	as it's become a primary way to connect,
1:21.0	I think it's really teaching us to look beyond
1:23.0	avatars profile pictures and pretty websites. It's forcing us to slow down and
1:28.3	respond instead of react. This moment is teaching us to see each other's humanity, become more empathetic, and contemplate so many of the things that we take for granted.
1:38.0	Don't wait for the big events of your life.
1:40.0	Don't wait for the waiting or their death or for some other major events.
1:45.0	But in the day to day, you know.
1:48.0	I mean, look, we spend all this time imagining we're going to get ready for our dying.
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