Face masks go mainstream in the 2020s.
1) Starts as protection against infection, pollution
2) Then privacy, to defeat face recognition
3) Then people realize: less time on makeup, hair
4) Eventually, standard piece of clothing. Both privacy and hygiene.
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
1) Starts as protection against infection, pollution
2) Then privacy, to defeat face recognition
3) Then people realize: less time on makeup, hair
4) Eventually, standard piece of clothing. Both privacy and hygiene.
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Many systems exhibit hysteresis. Even after the shock of the coronavirus dissipates, hopefully once a vaccine is widely deployed, a new normal with respect to face masks will have been established within China at a minimum.
Face masks are a missing piece of the pseudonymous economy thesis:
For people to truly be pseudonymous, they'd need to cover their face in public & reveal only to the trusted. Tech like cvdazzle.com did exist, but this is how it goes mainstream
For people to truly be pseudonymous, they'd need to cover their face in public & reveal only to the trusted. Tech like cvdazzle.com did exist, but this is how it goes mainstream
