The Pandemic as a Social Catastrophe

Launched by Spencer Bailey and Andrew Zuckerman of the Slowdown at the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak, this podcast features long-view conversations with philosophers, psychologists, writers, artists, and other leading minds. Guests have featured the FT’s Gillian Tett, philosopher Markus Gabriel, MoMA curator Paola Antonelli, Silicon Valley VC Randy Komisar to mention just a few.

In this episode, ReD co-founder Christian Madsbjerg discusses his approach to studying the social shifts emerging from the COVID-19 crisis talks. He provides insight into how we can conduct better high-stakes decision making under stress and why we need to overhaul how knowledge is created and organized.

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