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How do we keep up with something like covid-19 in future?. I don’t think relying on government is the way to go.

Why not build a social network which helps to build close knit communities and it can have a cascade effect on the whole populace as a side effect("good"). Some of the key points for it to work being:

    # Pool resources before hand so that the whole system is not suffocated.
    # Internal resources exposed to close knit.
    # External resources exposed to a radius.
    # Cap on internal vs external resources.
    # Split the community into smaller ones when it reaches a proportion.
    # Point system to motivate communities.
    # Ability to mobilize resource across communities.
This need not be the case with just a pandemic but can help us tide over other eventualities as well.


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