
About this episode
After a turbulent 2020 what did the Mere Mortals takeaway from the whole Corona madness? In Episode #185 on 'COVID Learnings' Juan and I discuss: that feeling in the air when everybody is anxious, why we went through a collective period of grief, stoicism and how one can prepare for hard times, the changing perception of health to take a longer-term outlook, why excessive news consumption is bad for your health, why COVID is a crap excuse for not getting shit done and how the whole pandemic exposed some glaring flaws in our society.
As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro
(1:16) - Public & collective fear
(7:20) - Statistics & subconscious awareness
(10:39) - Definition of grief
(13:52) - Hard times, soft men and stoicism
(17:39) - The importance of being healthy
(21:15) - Illness will never be seen the same again
(23:53) - Too much data and news consumption
(27:32) - COVID is not stopping you from achieving your goals
(32:00) - Wealth inequality was really exposed
(40:27) - Mere Mortal Moments
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