One thing that is overwhelmingly clear in the fog of the present is that we are in the grip of forces much larger than ourselves.   We may have spent down our resources to the point where we can have little influence on the course society will take after the pandemic is brought under control. But we can use the power of our imaginations to envision a post-Covid world, a world that is more just, more accountable, and more compassionate than the pre-Covid world.