EXPO2020 COVID-19

The EXPO 2020 takes this year's place in DUBAI and should be the extraordinary showcase of national and international pride.

All 129 participating countries spend millions to showcase the best of the best. To present the design and skills. To have 6 months long a stargate open to be visible for all.

The HEART OF EXPO 2020 already inaugurated

But at the same time, the biggest thread is spreading around the globe, coronavirus COVID-19 which can deliver not only fear but BIG RED NUMBERS resulting from the absence of visitors.

The main topic or headline of EXPO2020 is SUSTAINABILITY. 40 KPIs in 11 categories have been set in 2018 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT already

112 pages counting on the success of delivering no answer to WHAT IF?

173 days, 7 days a week, From October 20th, 2020 to April 10th, 2021.

The new city would be built, with all that is needed to enjoy life in happiness.

7 months to go and the world does not stop, just life seems to slow down.

The Governments spend hundreds of millions on presenting national culture. heritage and innovations on a 137 days long event in a destination far away from their own country.

The same governments are not able to secure surgical masks and respirators for own inhabitants. Same Governments who instead of taking care of the ill ones, doctors and nurses apply the ban on the sale of protection equipment to the public. The sale governments who instead of delivering protection to hospitals, deliver first to politicians instead.

It is the common behavior, Presenting a shiny site, Living in darkness. 18 years of my life I lived in such an environment in one of the European communist countries, in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, where everything was better than on the west. The bad separated from the good by IRON CURTAIN.

Have you noticed the header image does not show the virus but all known universe? It was produced and presented by NASA scientists in February 2020. For many, it was just another image of the virus and this is how professional blindness works, we see only what we are willing to see, or permitted to see instead of the reality.

For long years of economic growth, the governments delivered messages of never-ending prosperity spending more money than collecting through duties and other related collections delivering the promises.

With the first danger, the fastly build construction is not able to resist first shakes for it show up that

mortar would be not a bad idea to make the house shake impact resistant.

It is not the only solution, the next is to use lego-like bricks that can get around without concrete, mortar or glue.

EXPO 2020 should start in 7 months, I would be ready

But would we be able to say the same about people?

There is no shortcut to the future, but because it is handmade, we can influence how the future would look like.

With the publication of this article, I would like to congratulate Zdenek Lébr to his 97th Birthday, on March 10th. I hope many interesting discussions would take place between the wise man and one of the thousands of his students. Happy Birthday, GrandFather.