Can we use technology to build more resilient communities?
Humans have evolved to be resilient. There are countless examples of people being able to thrive despite demanding circumstances and to be able to ‘bounce back’ from adversity. Sadly, there is no shortage of adversity in our community at present. The cost-of-living crisis is placing many families under enormous stress, at a time when many communities were still trying to recover from droughts, bushfires, floods and the impact of COVID-19. We also know that further major natural disasters are very likely. We have never needed resilience more, but at the same time, the building blocks of resilience are moving. The consequences of allowing our resilience to slip at this moment in time will be disastrous. Given this rising burden of cumulative trauma in our communities, we must establish ways to understand and then increase resilience. Without doing this the trend of increasing mental ill health will continue and potentially accelerate.
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