I know I’m not alone in wondering and worrying about where the COVID-19 pandemic is taking us. Our current circumstances are highly uncertain, variable and complex and are in constant change. We seem to have little control over them. However, if approached from a high enough level, I don’t find it too difficult to form a general, big-picture understanding of what is happening. And based on that understanding, it’s not too hard for me to envision some reasonable scenarios as to how things may unfold over the next year or two. I’m motivated to understand and analyze this pandemic for three reasons. First, so that I might make better decisions as an individual. Secondly, so that I can participate responsibly in society from an informed, rational basis. Two practical, pragmatic reasons. My third reason is altruistic. I want to understand and think about this pandemic so that I might see opportunities for transcendence, for this experience to significantly raise us, individually and collectively, the I and the We, to a higher, better way of being. I’ll start with summarizing how I understand things to be right now. My understanding is based on what I observe and read. I try to […]