In five “lockdown lessons” during the peak of the Corona pandemic in Germany, polisphere, together with the Initiative Offene Gesellschaft and the German Foreign Office, created a digital discussion space to reflect together on the effects of the “run-down society”. Looking ahead was the central element of the series of events: What do we take out of the lockdown and into the newly started world? Which techniques have we forgotten in these weeks? Which ones have we strengthened? The innovative digital format was designed in the form of “thoughtprints” on personal experiences of isolation, the European public, science communication, climate change and civil society interaction.