LONG READS Issue 854 · March 23, 2021

A Year of Zoom   

Freeze frames from a year of remote communication, virtual connections, and way too much time spent talking through screens

A Year of Zoom   

 

Most Miles Traveled

One day in May 2020, during the height of Zoom conferences around the world, I Zoomed a speech at 8 a.m. from my dining room in Kew Gardens, New York, to a lunch conference in London about emunah, where it was 1 p.m. Distance: 3,471 miles.

A few hours later, at 1 p.m., I Zoomed a lecture about shemiras halashon to Cape Town, South Africa, where it was 8 p.m. Distance: 6,778 miles.

That evening at 8 p.m., I Zoomed a conference about chesed for a brunch lecture in Melbourne, Australia, where it was 12 p.m. the next day. Distance: 10,360 miles.

In total, I traveled 20,609 miles from my dining room to give three lectures in three countries (England, South Africa, and Australia) in a single day. No jet lag, no masks, no airline meals. No complaints.

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