The Corona Crash & Human Behavior
The Corona Crash & Human Behavior The Corona Crash, as it may be called once the dust has settled, the masks tucked away and the hands are out of the pockets, is a once in a lifetime event for almost all of us. While there are numerous attempts to look at this from the prism of history, to try and predict the future, it remains a fact that the exact situation that we are experiencing now has never been experienced before. Yes there have been many epidemics in the past but never in a hyper connected world with the current medical advances and a set of strong willed leaders in major countries of the world. There is one thing that does not however change and can perhaps be analysed more closely and that is human behavior. In the first part of this article I attempt to analyse the major behavioral factors involved and in the 2nd I will attempt to don the soothsayer's hat Major behavioral factors 1. Fear - Fear in human beings invokes a fight or flight response. It h...