Amidst a global pandemic, we're currently living conditioned and half-hearted, as our freedom, plans, dreams, social life, even jobs, have all been temporarily cancelled, postponed or are at risk.

 

But each one of us, and together as a whole, have been patient, resilient and optimistic, and doing all the best we know and can, in order to return to our normal lives, which hopefully will start to gradually happen going forward.

 

For the first time, maybe ever, anyone, anywhere in the world, can not only read the above paragraphs, but also identify with its description. We are going through something, all together and at the same time, and we're all under similar circumstances or, at least, our lives are somehow being influenced by it.

 

Humankind is connected as never before. The information and technological revolution that our generation witness, is the culmination of an age of discoveries and scientific advances that was initiated with Magellan's voyage, which for the first time brought the entire world together.

 

Between 2019 and 2022, we're not just celebrating 500 years of Magellan's expedition, we're celebrating 500 years of globalisation.