# Professor Amy Webb explores how daily life will be different after the coronavirus outbreak subsides, noting that Americans must be willing to imagine the unimaginable

1 Faculty News April 6, 2020 ![Newsday logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030749.jpg?itok=_k2ig0Gc)>

Excerpt from [Newsday](https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-future-changes-futurists-1.43635849) -- “'Life after the virus will be different from before the virus,' said [Amy Webb](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/amy-webb), professor of strategic foresight at the New York University Stern School of Business. 'We have a choice to make: Do we want to confront our cherished beliefs and make meaningful changes for the future, or do we simply want to preserve the status quo?' Webb said."

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