Don’t write an obituary for globalism just yet. The old world, the cosmopolitan international world, will still exist. But mainly in the cloud. VR will be wild.
The physical world is going to get grim though. Borders, lockdown, surveillance, shortages, unemployment, nationalism.
The physical world is going to get grim though. Borders, lockdown, surveillance, shortages, unemployment, nationalism.
There are governments with the best of intentions developing quarantine management software. To see whether someone under house arrest had sufficient food, and was staying put.
Short step to a dystopian Ready Player One future. Get your meal ration, then get back online.
Short step to a dystopian Ready Player One future. Get your meal ration, then get back online.
The pandemic will eventually end, but the economy will not snap back. Demand has been durably destroyed.
With sustained 30-40% unemployment the prospect of civil unrest is real.
The first lockdown to protect you from the virus, the Nth lockdown to protect you from each other.
With sustained 30-40% unemployment the prospect of civil unrest is real.
The first lockdown to protect you from the virus, the Nth lockdown to protect you from each other.
