The starting point is that we have to expect the arrival of a major crisis. We can all vividly recall the one that began in 2008, but looking back on the measures taken in that case will not help us. That was a financial crisis, while the one we are now entering involves an entire system, also because it is inserted in another big crisis in progress, the crisis of the environment and climate change.
In 2008 the only option for salvation was to take a break and wait for the storm to blow over. But doing the same thing today would be suicidal, because the problems related to the climate and the contradictions of globalization (which have become dramatically clear during the pandemic) will not solve themselves.
Nothing will improve without our contribution. This is a consideration that could frighten us, or could open up a whole world, because being radical and approaching the issues of the present is the only possible way to reach the other side of this situation in one piece. This means inventing the new: a new that is pertinent and sustainable over the long term. Unlike what happened in 2008, the capacity to deeply innovate will make the difference between who survives and who does not.