For years， normality has been stretched nearly to its breaking point， a rope pulled tighter and tighter， waiting for a nip of the black swan’s beak to snap it in two。 Now that the rope has snapped， do we tie its ends back together， or shall we undo its dangling braids still further， to see what we might weave from them？

Covid-19 is showing us that when humanity is united in common cause， phenomenally rapid change is possible。 None of the world’s problems are technically difficult to solve; they originate in human disagreement。 In coherency， humanity’s creative powers are boundless。

Covid-19 is like a rehab intervention that breaks the addictive hold of normality。 To interrupt a habit is to make it visible; it is to turn it from a compulsion to a choice。 When the crisis subsides， we might have occasion to ask whether we want to return to normal， or whether there might be something we’ve seen during this break in the routines that we want to bring into the future。