Albert Einstein got so much right, so far ahead of his time, it is easy to forget he was ever wrong. But one time he may have missed the boat is useful for us today as we try to navigate Covid-19’s unprecedented social and economic disruption.

Quantum physics has a concept called entanglement. In simple terms, it means that if a tiny object like a particle is observed, even a long way away (light years), that particle will change its properties. It reacts to the watcher. Einstein dismissed this idea as “spooky action at a distance”, but over time science has proved him wrong.