Today I’m on yet another Zoom talk followed by a Zoom panel. It is amazing to me how our communities of intellectual thought are re-forming themselves around this completely non-physical space. In some ways it is inconvenient but in other ways it is very powerful, because people are getting the opportunity to experience each other’s ideas without needing to fly places, book hotels, or incur an expense that is beyond the means of many students. I wonder, when we look back on this time, will we see it as a time of intellectual growth and greater community, despite the terrible and tragic dimensions of the pandemic?