Recently, a friend gave me a lift in his car. When we reached our destination, he opened the boot, pulled out a cord and plugged it in. I’d never actually seen anyone charge a vehicle before — only about 2 per cent of existing cars are electric — and it was a glimpse of a better future. At last, after 50 years of disappointment, innovation might again start improving our lives, chiefly through reduced emissions and better medicine. That’s partly because today’s polycrisis has sparked poly-innovation.
最近，一位朋友讓我搭他的車。我們到達目的地后，他打開后備箱，拉出一條線，把它插進電源插座。我以前還從未真正見過任何人給汽車充電——汽車保有量中只有約2%是電動汽車——這讓我窺見一個更美好的未來。在經歷50年的失望后，創新終于有望再一次開始改善我們的生活，主要是通過減少排放和改進藥物。這在一定程度上是因為當今的多重危機激發了多重創新。
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