At Harvard, even laboratory-based courses have moved online with simple innovations. For example, for a lab course in genetics, students were required to collect biological samples, extract and analyse the DNA The modern purpose of education is to prepare humanity for an unpredictable world.

Precisely the sort of world that is unexpectedly brought to a standstill within a matter of weeks, by a rapidly spreading epidemic that leaves governments across the world perplexed and struggling with the impossible choice between lives and livelihoods.

Once the dust settles on the current covid-19 crisis, the one dominant issue that faces humanity in the medium and long term is how we can prepare ourselves to deal with such unpredictable disruptions

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