🔮 The coronavirus trilemma; flattening the recession curve; startup highs & lows, gang lockdown++ #263

Liberal democracies are facing the “coronavirus trilemma”.

I’m Azeem Azhar. I explore how our societies and political economy will change under the force of rapidly accelerating technologies and other trends. I convene Exponential View to help us understand these topics. Please recommend EV to your friends.

A collection of my thinking on the Covid-19 pandemic this week:

• The three cleavages: Shaping the post-pandemic order

• This not a black swan: The pandemic was predictable

Non-Covid-related work:

• We asked a seasoned AI researcher and EV reader Libby Kinsey to help us bridge the gap between AI research that’s created in the lab, and its impact on the real world. She distilled the most important research of the last quarter in the AI Currents report, aimed at unit heads, data science teams and product leaders who are looking to understand the latest research in the field.

• Join our private briefing with Auke Hoekstra when we’ll tackle the carbon costs of electric vehicles. Read more and RSVP here.

The near future

🧩 Liberal democracies are facing the “…