The world is upside down
The world is upside down, does anyone doubt it?
Today is April 22, 2020 and I make these notes dedicated to those who once believed in this idea of FySelf. And to also those who actively dedicated themselves entirely to turning this dream into reality.
I especially dedicate it to all those who make up the multidisciplinary team that is currently developing this platform. To the computer scientists, journalists, psychologists, engineers, doctors and scientists who work without even a minute’s rest on this idea, in any possible way. I also dedicate these notes to my children, family and friends.
To all I say that we are about to present the First Social Identity Network. The name we chose for it is FySelf and we have put a lot of dedication and effort into it.
Times of physical distancing, but also social integration
Today’s circumstances, derived from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic causing the COVID-19 disease, will mark the history of humanity forever.
Today we are at home, in a kind of house arrest without ever going through trial, complying with the so-called “social distancing”. This is the worst terminology we can use to say that we must be physically separated from one another to avoid contagion
Wouldn’t it be better to call for physical distancing, yes, but accompanied by international social integration? Social distancing in its broadest sense would imply an emotional distance that also affects the sense of community. Selfishness is the last thing we can allow in these moments where social cohesion is crucial.
How many times have we not heard the phrase “everything is already invented”, only to discover that we have not yet seen everything? It really seems that the coronavirus pandemic was something from fiction movies. Or perhaps we simply went back in time to many years ago where diseases made communities or even entire populations disappear.
History shows that the five deadliest pandemics have been smallpox, measles, the ‘Spanish flu’ of 1918, the black plague and HIV; with the ‘variola virus’ standing out, for being the cause of smallpox, which conservative estimations show that it killed over 300 million people.
The latest technologies cannot solve all problems
How is it possible that today a tiny microscopic infectious agent has turned the world upside down? Can you believe that this happens to us in a supposedly modern era? An era where we have the most advanced technologies: satellite communication, Web 3.0, the Internet of things, the 5G network, having tourist trips to space or even visit Mars?
There are multiple developments in nanotechnology, robotics and advances in regenerative medicine in the search for the immortality of the human race and lengthening life on this planet. While, on the other hand, many persist in dedicating millions of dollars to using scientific advances to create weapons. Not for saving lives, but to destroy it, be they nuclear, biological or chemical mass destruction weapons.
I can’t help thinking how stunning it is that we spend so much resources and energy fighting each other.
Of what use are wars to us if the planet is dying?
Have you thought that we are asking families to stay home but there are millions of people who are homeless and millions of others who are currently in refugee centers?
How can a family living in a favela, with several cohabitants in a small room perhaps with tin walls, apply social distancing? And what options do the invisible people of this earth have, those who do not even have an identity or health document when they arrive at a hospital center if they barely know their own name written on paper?
We know that millions of people have lost their jobs today. Many are at home, trapped by the fear of bills that will continue to come with or without a pandemic. Others will simply be wondering if they will still be able to meet their goals or see their girlfriend with whom they only have contact through a screen for weeks now
What comes after the world manages to get out of this pandemic?
Will a sick world remain? My answer is yes, but of needs and deficiencies. Perhaps we will come out of the physical ailment, we will placate the coronavirus and we will continue to exist as a species, but social differences will be further aggravated.
If this human experience could be of any use, it is to establish a true globalization of brotherhood and solidarity, leaving aside physical barriers, but above all: mental ones. Let us take humanity by the hand, and understand that the future of the planet belongs to everyone, or it will not belong to anyone.
So let’s fight for a better world, taking care of the environment. Let’s avoid deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions, and global warming. Let’s use technologies to make people’s lives easier, and let’s put the future above all our goals, more collectively than individually.
Hopefully a capitulation in the human mind will emerge from this bitter experience. . We owe it to our doctors, fighters on the front line of this war, who sacrifice themselves equally on all continents. We also owe it to the scientists who will, I am sure, discover the vaccines and the methodology to contain this pandemic. It is they who will make those who wield power understand how humanity can find better ways to act together, and grow in the face of difficulties.
Let’s turn our celestial sphere and return it to its place. Let’s tie up, let’s anchor; once and for all let us release the sails of human well-being.
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