July 23, 2020

The term “20/20 Vision” is universally recognized as the normal standard for eyesight, where individuals have clarity or sharpness of vision. By association, it also implies clarity of perspective and understanding, often based on hindsight. Perhaps only by coincidence, the year 2020 has already given us countless opportunities to contemplate our assumptions, beliefs, and long-held ideologies. Now halfway through, the year has already proven unique in its challenges to and demands on our life. It has forced people throughout the world to reassess the importance of issues relating to health, social relationships, justice and fairness, employment, civility, collaboration, and many other aspects of daily life. The strain brought by these issues, during the first six months of 2020, has shattered what we previously considered “normal”, and is now reorienting nations and societies towards a “new normal”.