Every crisis creates a new behaviour. Crises are not recorded in the annals of history just as events, but rather for their transformative power impacting human behaviour. Anthropologists record the generalisation that 'behaviour is the most immediate casualty and the most enduring consequence of crisis.' Most of the times, what is adopted as a stopgap measure becomes the norm and then, over time, solidifies into a permanent pattern.

The 2008 global financial crisis spurred a behavioural change towards financial risk management. The 2019 Covid introduced work from home, online marketing and online learning, which come into vogue whenever the physical existence is threatened and becomes threatening. It's good to be adaptive by necessity. However, it is not necessary that everything born out of crisis is constructive. It is specifically true of online learning, which has failed as a substitute for in-person education.

The recent US-Iran conflict, which forced the world to think about energy security, caused here in Pakistan the closure of........

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