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Some changes will be permanent, some will appear so but we’ll drift back to old habits, and some lessons won’t be learned or just can’t be addressed. I’m not pretending any of us can know for sure, so not much value in arguing about it yet. Some of these predictions have already been debated here, some not yet.
There are a couple I’d love to see come true, but I’m not holding my breath.
Just a thought provoking read maybe.
There are a couple I’d love to see come true, but I’m not holding my breath.
Just a thought provoking read maybe.
https://www.politico.com/news/magaz...ct-economy-life-society-analysis-covid-135579For many Americans right now, the scale of the coronavirus crisis calls to mind 9/11 or the 2008 financial crisis—events that reshaped society in lasting ways, from how we travel and buy homes, to the level of security and surveillance we’re accustomed to, and even to the language we use.
Politico Magazine surveyed more than 30 smart, macro thinkers this week, and they have some news for you: Buckle in. This could be bigger.
- The personal becomes dangerous.
- A new kind of patriotism.
- A decline in polarization.A return to faith in serious experts.
- Less individualism.
- Religious worship will look different.
- New forms of reform.
- Regulatory barriers to online tools will fall.
- A healthier digital lifestyle.
- A boon to virtual reality.
- The rise of telemedicine.
- An opening for stronger family care.
- Government becomes Big Pharma.
- Science reigns again.
- Congress can finally go virtual.
- Big government makes a comeback.
- Government service regains its cachet.
- A new civic federalism.
- The rules we’ve lived by won’t all apply.
- Revived trust in institutions.
- Expect a political uprising.
- Electronic voting goes mainstream.
- Election Day will become Election Month.
- Voting by mail will become the norm.
- More restraints on mass consumption.
- Stronger domestic supply chains.
- The inequality gap will widen.
- A hunger for diversion.
- Less communal dining—but maybe more cooking.
- A revival of parks.
- A change in our understanding of ‘change.’
- The tyranny of habit no more.
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