From a psychological perspective it really is facinating to watch how crisis brings out different leadership and personality styles not just in politics but in the workplace. Things you may have already suspected about people can be confirmed, and sometimes people can pleasantly, or unpleasantly, surprise you.
It is also interesting to observe how the world is revolved around the extoverted, and it is expected that most people get thier energy and need to be around other people. Extroverted people, many for the first time in thier lives, are getting to experience how incredibly exhausting it is to live in a world not designed for them. And many are struggling, with people who are used to this world having to provide survival techniques for them.