Just over a year ago, I jumped on a plane and flew to Davos, Switzerland, to take part in the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. My friend (and fellow FT columnist) Rana Foroohar did the same. Shortly afterwards, we went skiing together in Massachusetts. In those innocent pre-Covid days, that sequence of events seemed unremarkable. Most global executives — and many journalists — have spent a great deal of their time whizzing around in aircraft.
一年前,我登上飛機前往瑞士達佛斯,參加世界經濟論壇(World Economic Forum)的年度會議。我的朋友(也是英國《金融時報》專欄作家)拉娜•福魯哈爾(Rana Foroohar)也前去參加。不久後,我們一起去麻薩諸塞州滑雪。在無憂無慮的前新冠肺炎(COVID-19,即2019冠狀病毒病)時期中,這樣安排活動的順序是司空見慣的。大多數全球企業高階主管——以及許多記者——都花大量時間乘著飛機滿世界跑。