How life may change after Coronavirus

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These are all just assumptions. Most of them are not mine but rather what I have read across different mediums and so just sharing them. Mostly from a western society perspective.

BC - Before Corona
AC - After Corona

1. Office culture -

Working from home may become the new norm AC. A lot of the companies will realize that having workers in the office does not result in any meaningful productivity. They may start to see the benefits of remote working and this may change century old workplace culture.

2. Renewed focus on science and abandonment of conspiracies -

In the past decade or so, a trend of anti science ideas would emerge in the fringes of the internet and then slowly gain mainstream following. This includes anti vaccine movements, climate change denials, or things as far fetched like flat earthers. People now will understand the severity and harm of such of pseudo science and this will renew focus and faith on actual science and medicine.

3. Rampant capitalism will be restrained -

The idea that market economy and big corporations should decide everything will be severely challenged. People have already started to realize that unrestrained capitalism lacks empathy and doesn't do anything for the less fortunate. UBI and other cash payments that are discussed by even Republicans would have seemed unimaginable even few weeks ago. These ideas would have been labeled as socialist/communist but now is considered a way to crawl out of this economic downturn

4. polarization across political and social class may reduce

Populism has swept across US and Europe. These societies have been extremely polarized and the factors were either race, religion, or socioeconomic status. Now having a common enemy in coronavirus may force us to understand our common enemies does not discriminate and can kill us all. This may bring groups and cultures together.

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