You are certainly aware that the struggle for the future of this planet has further
intensified since the world started suffering from COVID-19.
47 So, if you want to
understand what might come next and what are the alternatives, it is about time to
read this book, because these developments will likely affect your life much more
than you ever have imagined.
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47
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_
COVID-19_pandemic_legislation.
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net
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intensified since the world started suffering from COVID-19.
47 So, if you want to
understand what might come next and what are the alternatives, it is about time to
read this book, because these developments will likely affect your life much more
than you ever have imagined.
Zürich, Switzerland
August, 2020
48
47
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_
COVID-19_pandemic_legislation.
48
Where no date for the access of an Internet URL is given: all links were checked and accessed
around August 8, 2020, if not specified otherwise. If an URL is not anymore accessible, please try
to find it via the Internet Archive/Wayback Machine at https://archive.org/web/. Many scientific
references may, for example, be found via https://scholar.google.com or https://www.researchgate.
net
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