Thursday, December 17, 2020

2020 IN REVIEW

My review of the year, as seen through the eyes of anthropology, for SAPIENS magazine.

https://www.sapiens.org/news/anthropology-2020/

At the start of 2020, the Doomsday Clock was set at just 100 seconds to midnight (the closest to “doom” it has ever been) thanks to the twin threats of nuclear war and climate change, compounded by eroding international political infrastructure and the use of communication technologies to misinform the public.

It remains to be seen if humanity will harness these moments of turmoil—along with the global upheaval created by the pandemic—to carve out a better world.

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