"Whoever studies today, his life is bracketed by two crises. September 11, 2001 is associated with early childhood. Today, the Corona crisis is shaping studies like no other event before. We know from past crises that they are mostly over when a narrative that summarizes the events prevails. This narrative meaning has a long-term effect that can be stronger than the crisis." https://www.zeit.de/2020/18/corona-krise-studierende-professoren-narrative

Fritz Breithaupt explores the social distancing, empathy, and human connection throughout history in this article in The Conversation Science and Technology section. "Social distancing is vital in the present moment. While the increased isolation and spacing of the new drastic measures come as shock to many people, social distancing is not new if you take the long view – the very long view.As a cognitive scientist and scholar who studies empathy, I see human history as a proc