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Or it could be new way of living. The government isn't really announcing anything about vaccines or cure for this and its not what they use to do. Normally when its about virus to CDC and all are going to make some interesting points for the cure but this time they are very silent about all these. To which I think we are going to stay this way even if vaccines exist already.

Locking down cities is just great for governments, easy to see criminals, easy to monitor everyone. So why should the government switch back to what it was back then?

You are nuts and that is nothing more than your own imagination. Most country has restart everything however with some safety protocol such as wearing masks in your daily life. The whole lockdown stuff wont be used anymore and this is just the new beginning for everyone else.

Government cant keep their country on whole lockdown forever because people need to work and do stuff to get some money for their daily necessities and TO PAY TAXES. The government wont be able to feed you forever during the lockdown for sure, no country could.

I don't know if he was just being sarcastic about it or not. But definitely, we can't be this forever. Once the potent medicine is identified to cure the infected even if the vaccine is not developed, I think, we will have more actions going on. It is just that health authorities can't identify the most effective medicines as they are still in trial for various medicines. But of course after lockdown, the new norm maybe practice social distancing and use of face mask. I think that will not go away for long time.
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Or it could be new way of living. The government isn't really announcing anything about vaccines or cure for this and its not what they use to do. Normally when its about virus to CDC and all are going to make some interesting points for the cure but this time they are very silent about all these. To which I think we are going to stay this way even if vaccines exist already.

Locking down cities is just great for governments, easy to see criminals, easy to monitor everyone. So why should the government switch back to what it was back then?

You are nuts and that is nothing more than your own imagination. Most country has restart everything however with some safety protocol such as wearing masks in your daily life. The whole lockdown stuff wont be used anymore and this is just the new beginning for everyone else.

Government cant keep their country on whole lockdown forever because people need to work and do stuff to get some money for their daily necessities and TO PAY TAXES. The government wont be able to feed you forever during the lockdown for sure, no country could.
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Lol, what you need to know is that this pandemic has not made any changes. People are still what they are and after this pandemic they will all still go back to the things that they were fond of doing before, nothing is going to stop them. Some countries already started suggesting people to get practice to live a life with all corona prevention measurements; it means until there would be a vaccine, we must need to lead a life with partial or full lockdown restrictions.

There's someone here that once said that Coronavirus will change the way people live their lives before, but all that is not true, because things will still continue normally as it used to be and people are not going to change. People who are selfish will still continue to be selfish, while those who are good will still continue to be good no matter what.

Or it could be new way of living. The government isn't really announcing anything about vaccines or cure for this and its not what they use to do. Normally when its about virus to CDC and all are going to make some interesting points for the cure but this time they are very silent about all these. To which I think we are going to stay this way even if vaccines exist already.

Locking down cities is just great for governments, easy to see criminals, easy to monitor everyone. So why should the government switch back to what it was back then?
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Lol, what you need to know is that this pandemic has not made any changes. People are still what they are and after this pandemic they will all still go back to the things that they were fond of doing before, nothing is going to stop them. Some countries already started suggesting people to get practice to live a life with all corona prevention measurements; it means until there would be a vaccine, we must need to lead a life with partial or full lockdown restrictions.

There's someone here that once said that Coronavirus will change the way people live their lives before, but all that is not true, because things will still continue normally as it used to be and people are not going to change. People who are selfish will still continue to be selfish, while those who are good will still continue to be good no matter what.
legendary
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IMO, even you unplug and plug the world again, you can't change the behavior of the humans, rebooting is not possible. As long as the living things in this world are irresponsible, it'll just go back to the world where full of pollution and calamities. The same scenarios will just happen again in the future, this is the cycle of life. The full reboot is when humanity was dispersed.

Well, there are many calamities, disasters and pandemic happened all over the years, yet the world recovers itself normal after that especially to the world economy. Economy might be down but economy will recover after we can find a cure and be back to normal flow of life what we left behind. So, in my opinion no need to the world to reset, we just have to more ready and be prepared next time if there is another pandemic hit the world but hopefully no more to come so that we can enjoy more life outside our home.
If we're talking about the economy, it's easy to recover, it just takes time especially if you have some good leaders in your country but if not, then maybe they will rely upon to China.
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Well, there are many calamities, disasters and pandemic happened all over the years, yet the world recovers itself normal after that especially to the world economy. Economy might be down but economy will recover after we can find a cure and be back to normal flow of life what we left behind. So, in my opinion no need to the world to reset, we just have to more ready and be prepared next time if there is another pandemic hit the world but hopefully no more to come so that we can enjoy more life outside our home.
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I think we have entered a new era in our lives that will force us to change our habits. The world will no longer be as open to all of us as it was before. Many countries will close their borders and this will negatively affect the entire economy. This virus will come back to us again and again.

I guess there are only few European countries, who have opened their borders and made lockdown rules more light.

Some counties are already tested that negative effect of closed borders. I'm talking about import/export sanctions against Russia. Not some of the countries are partly prepared for closed borders, but for some this will me something new. Biggest impact will be on the small countries, who doesnt produce all the necessary food by themselves and had to import it from abroad, plus EU standards made them suffer, because you can not always order food from abroad.

For example Malta, they dont grow/produce most of the regular food Europeans usually consume, borders are closed. What should they do ?
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just like after a natural clamities people try to rebuild what have been broke and learn to accept what is loss   .

eventually we can see those people happy again and going back on thier normal lives   . same exact scenario can also happen after this covid but the only difference is that no houses or property that is broken but only lives lost    . thats still hard to accept at first but we need to keep on moving because there might be harder trials after this   . stay strong guys and we will win this battle
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Nothing would change imo. It's just like what the word "Reboot" pertains to. It's to start/boot the system "again". The virus basically shut down the world's entire system or at least partial shut downs here and there. Rebooting it would return the world entirely back to its former state. Basically, it's like a pause time or hangs time for us humans. The system shutdowns because the user intentionally doing it or if a virus enters that is very harmful, much so that it could actually make the system go down by itself. Ofc, since we are at as I say it, partial shutdown, most features are turned off and a form of antivirus, aka the government and scientists, are out there to kill the virus. Basically the story of the world right now tbh. Turn off most features > start the antivirus > let it kill the virus > system goes back to normal.

PS. Self-actualization is more of a self-understanding thing. No one could really tell you if you achieved it and only you yourself could understand if you've reached it. It's basically how a successful person doesn't really feel fulfilled, yet a poor person feels really fulfilled. Everyone has different circumstances after all.
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Its always going to be the same operating system when rebooting this world, there wouldn't be any different.  The only thing that is needed is to find a vaccine and get back to where we left off.  We are even starting to resume industries like sports so we are good even when virus still isn't yet controlled.
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The ones that will not comeback will be seen a lot more clearer in few months because right now there are many things people are focusing on and which companies are bankrupted is not something they really focus on right now. However, when everything comes back you will realize that which companies you were using before this is closed or not because everything will be normal and you will want to live like nothing happened and you will not be capable of doing it at all.

At the end of the day we are living in a world where the world is actually in a big trouble and even if you want to reboot you will probably going to not reboot everything, somethings will be missing and that will cause the economy to fall even worse than right now. People are saying "I can understand why economy is bad because there is pandemic right now" and accept the situation but when the pandemic is over there won't be any excuse.
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With this thought that the doctors have had when they saw Covid19 for the first time in the emergency rooms seemed that they are living a war. I think that what we need after the Coronavirus is to Restore the world after the war we live and it does not matter Rebooting the World or Restore the world is the same.
Well the first time doctors encountered the Virus they seems not that affected until the spread comes to their lines when doctors starts dying because of this Virus thats the moment when they start treating this as serious as it is.
Countries all over the world are announcing their plans to emerge from COVID-19-inflicted lockdown, and the Asia-Pacific region is no different.
Even countries like Thailand and Viet Nam, that have not suffered a heavy infection rate or death toll, must now reckon with the economic damage caused by the pandemic, and are eager to cautiously reopen their schools and get people back to work.
most of big transactions happen to be in usd which was inflated heavily by us govs themselves
so even if a country hasn't suffer from covid that much - it still was affected by world quarantine
and this really affect the world economy because many businesses starts to shut down and many will never come back to business after this and that will lead the world to recession .
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If you look at how many people usually die from seasonal colds, the numbers with deaths from coronavirus will not be too different. And in traffic accidents, I’m sure that more people died during this time than from coronavirus.

You forget one thing - there are different cures against seasonal colds, but there are no cure so far against covid-19. And traffic accidents - they can be stopped if drivers follow the rules. And with covid-19 - you still can wash hands, wear mask and be at home most of the time, but one food delivery with bacterias on products can make you sick...

I dont know how long it will take for the world to reboot from covid-19, dont even know when to expect this reboot, because I've heard that there will be more (new) waves of the virus... Number of infected people are decreasing, lockdown has become less strick, but still there is no save from the virus.

I think we have entered a new era in our lives that will force us to change our habits. The world will no longer be as open to all of us as it was before. Many countries will close their borders and this will negatively affect the entire economy. This virus will come back to us again and again.
legendary
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I'm sorry, but I will have to disappoint all of you who believe in rebooting! There's no world before or after covid, it's one of those things it's the same, but it's not the same! We will have the same shit as we did until now, but with harder control, more manipulations. Covid is just the latest genial masterpiece from big bosses, if we weren't separated before, now we are 101%! People can't gather, can't talk, there is a big wall between us now, a wall made by rulers, chances for uniting and bringing them down got lowered after this genial move!
Virus as a virus, invisible thing that can attack any of us, perfect reason to separate people, fear and excitement that comes from fighting with invisible enemies are enough for people to stay at home and obey the rules. I'm not afraid that things can get worse, I'm afraid it will stay the same as before! It means we are not going forward, we are stuck in mud! Going down can be a good sometimes, you come to bottom and if you are able to rise from that again you will have a chance to do things better, but stuck in the same place forever is brain eating situation!
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If you look at how many people usually die from seasonal colds, the numbers with deaths from coronavirus will not be too different. And in traffic accidents, I’m sure that more people died during this time than from coronavirus.

You forget one thing - there are different cures against seasonal colds, but there are no cure so far against covid-19. And traffic accidents - they can be stopped if drivers follow the rules. And with covid-19 - you still can wash hands, wear mask and be at home most of the time, but one food delivery with bacterias on products can make you sick...

I dont know how long it will take for the world to reboot from covid-19, dont even know when to expect this reboot, because I've heard that there will be more (new) waves of the virus... Number of infected people are decreasing, lockdown has become less strick, but still there is no save from the virus.
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The longer the coronavirus pandemic lasts, the more it seems to me that the situation with the spread of this virus and the unprecedented measures taken to combat it have been planned and regulated by someone. The coronavirus itself is not so deadly and dangerous to allocate so much money to fight it and, in fact, deliberately quarantine to destroy the economies of almost all states.
If you look at how many people usually die from seasonal colds, the numbers with deaths from coronavirus will not be too different. And in traffic accidents, I’m sure that more people died during this time than from coronavirus.
Already now it is predicted that after such a fight against coronavirus, more than a quarter of a billion people may suffer from hunger. Trump now compares the negative consequences of the fight against coronavirus with the consequences of the Second World War. Was it worth it? I doubt.
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Countries all over the world are announcing their plans to emerge from COVID-19-inflicted lockdown, and the Asia-Pacific region is no different.
Even countries like Thailand and Viet Nam, that have not suffered a heavy infection rate or death toll, must now reckon with the economic damage caused by the pandemic, and are eager to cautiously reopen their schools and get people back to work.
most of big transactions happen to be in usd which was inflated heavily by us govs themselves
so even if a country hasn't suffer from covid that much - it still was affected by world quarantine
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The economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in India has been largely disruptive. The World Bank and credit rating agencies have downgraded India's growth for fiscal year 2021 with the lowest figures India has seen in three decades since India's economic liberalization in the 1990s.[1][2] The former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India has said that India should prepare for a negative growth rate in FY21 and that the country would need a ₹710 lakh crore (US$10 trillion) stimulus to overcome the contraction.[3][4] However, the International Monetary Fund projection for India for the Financial Year 2021-22 of 1.9% GDP growth is the highest among G-20 nations.[5] Within a month, unemployment rose from 6.7% on 15 March to 26% on 19 April.[6] During the lockdown, an estimated 140 crore (140 million) people have lost employment.[6] More than 45% of households across the nation have reported an income drop as compared to the previous year.[7]
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Countries all over the world are announcing their plans to emerge from COVID-19-inflicted lockdown, and the Asia-Pacific region is no different.
Even countries like Thailand and Viet Nam, that have not suffered a heavy infection rate or death toll, must now reckon with the economic damage caused by the pandemic, and are eager to cautiously reopen their schools and get people back to work.
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At one point you are right that world is having a bit trouble and all that however at the same time, we already having all of this trouble anyway, so why not just continue to do it anyway? There is really nothing that could go better right now all of a sudden, we are going to be bad and it is going to suck for a while, let's make it suck even worse and even longer but at least have a method or a system that doesn't keep crashing all the god damn time after that.

Definitely the next 3 years will be bad that is given and for sure, let's make the next 10-20 years horrible instead. I am willing to make it horrible and live most of my life in economical situation that is so bad that it is incredibly difficult to even survive. But in return I want my kids and their kids to live in a much much better world.
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Can I just read the point? I really appreciate you making this long thread. Well done

Layer 1: Physiological needs
Yes, you are right, Physiological needs during the coronavirus pandemic are really important to pay attention. Many factors influence the Physiological condition and also mental health.
1. We must change their life activities
2. We must do physical distancing in which it may be very difficult for some people.
3. Working and staying at home the whole time leading to be bored so easily.
4. Jobless, this is the most crisis to pay attention to. Because it will influence the financial condition and more crisis individually or globally.

And other problems faced during the coronavirus pandemic are done to everybody in the world.
Can we reboot 2020?
If I can reboot, I really do not want this condition. But, this is life, nothing is easy and everyone must have certain conditions to learn many things, as like what happens nowadays. From this pandemic, all sectors in the world can make more enhanced and advanced development in the future, changes on behaviour, and also more secure financial systems.

In other words, many people will change their perspectives in life after this pandemic. The way they handle their money, food or assets will have a different approach after this situation is over. But the last few days, I stumbled upon YT videos regarding dumpster divers, and still a lot of food is still thrown to the trash. Good thing, there are divers who are saving those foods. I hope many people will change for the better after this crisis. The world needs this dramatic change.
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With this thought that the doctors have had when they saw Covid19 for the first time in the emergency rooms seemed that they are living a war. I think that what we need after the Coronavirus is to Restore the world after the war we live and it does not matter Rebooting the World or Restore the world is the same.
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I'd never read all the content of Op's post coz it spends more time reading and really boring as they have said.
And it was just OP asking about rebooting, could OP make a pool for this? Whos in favor and whos not.

But anyway, my answer is no and actually, we don't need to change the world. Only I'd found something that we need to change and that is our attitude and that is of being greedy of power. I believe that there is a conspiracy in the current situation and that because someone would like to take control over the world. That was really in greediness and I can't imagine how they become desperate enough to take such action in order to achieve their/his goal. That was foolishness.
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Can I just read the point? I really appreciate you making this long thread. Well done

Layer 1: Physiological needs
Yes, you are right, Physiological needs during the coronavirus pandemic are really important to pay attention. Many factors influence the Physiological condition and also mental health.
1. We must change their life activities
2. We must do physical distancing in which it may be very difficult for some people.
3. Working and staying at home the whole time leading to be bored so easily.
4. Jobless, this is the most crisis to pay attention to. Because it will influence the financial condition and more crisis individually or globally.

And other problems faced during the coronavirus pandemic are done to everybody in the world.
Can we reboot 2020?
If I can reboot, I really do not want this condition. But, this is life, nothing is easy and everyone must have certain conditions to learn many things, as like what happens nowadays. From this pandemic, all sectors in the world can make more enhanced and advanced development in the future, changes on behaviour, and also more secure financial systems.
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To be honest, that is a long article that I need to read Grin

I think the world is already rebooting itself even the Covid-19 itself is not already ending. We see that all people now become concerned with their health. They are trying to follow what their government and the doctor suggest because Covid-19 is a dangerous thing for their life. The world change, we also change, and we become better than before.
Experience from real life situations would really put us up into these kind of realizations where there would be change or adaptation on the scenario that we are into.
After this pandemic then we would really eventually learn on what are the things that should needed to prepared on.We know that after this covid then there would be
always that "next" thing in line.So better be prepared but for now we are still struggling for finding the cure.So for now we wont have any choice but to stay up on home
and follow on whats being instructed.
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To be honest, that is a long article that I need to read Grin
Hell yeah, kinda boring to read that long article, he could have just cited the main part.
I think the world is already rebooting itself even the Covid-19 itself is not already ending. We see that all people now become concerned with their health. They are trying to follow what their government and the doctor suggest because Covid-19 is a dangerous thing for their life. The world change, we also change, and we become better than before.
I think it's not until the last virus particle is out of the world. Instead of thinking what could be the tomorrow is, why not just think of the possible solution for the present time? like we all know that the world will reboot after this crisis so let's just focus on how to deal with the problem first at least. All of the governments now around the world is setting aside the possibility of economic collapse just to give reliefs to their citizen, that's how it should be like.
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To be honest, that is a long article that I need to read Grin

I think the world is already rebooting itself even the Covid-19 itself is not already ending. We see that all people now become concerned with their health. They are trying to follow what their government and the doctor suggest because Covid-19 is a dangerous thing for their life. The world change, we also change, and we become better than before.
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It is boring to read because of the volume in there, so much. I do know that it will take the world a lot of time to restart as the economy has gone down. Some speculation is going on about a new way or world order both technological, economical and politics/leadership.
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Rebooting the world is not an easy thing to do, because the effect of the corona virus is very large on human life. All the theories explained
in the opening post are good to do, but I'm sure the practice will be different. We need a little improvisation for rebooting the world, because
sometimes the situation will change without us expecting. The state of the world economy now it's getting worse, even my own economy is
getting worse. There is no other way for a corona vaccine to be found immediately. If this year the corona virus doesn't end, it's likely the
world won't return to normal.

Many have the wrong perception about the economic rebooting that will occur. We are only objects, not subjects who can determine the shape of the model or its structure. Those who have access to the ALT CTR DEL are those who make the global economic order so far, namely the haves who control capital markets around the world, rulers of the economic pyramid, whose numbers are only 3-5% but whose wealth is greater than the combined wealth of 95-97% world population.

For us, this might be a recession, depression, or great depression, but for the director, whatever the conditions do not affect them because they already have a new model of order. This order survives until it encounters another recession until it finds another depression until a new order is created again. Corona is a game-changer, viruses change the world, bioengineering technology changes the world, although demonetarization is still a question, but in the new order the world does not need gold or precious metal as money because the world will be controlled by technology holders based on consolidation algorithms and bioengineering technology. The country is not very important.
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The corona virus is unlikely to leave this year But we need to find a way to deal with it as soon as possible Only then will we be able to go back to our normal life as before and join in the work. It is never possible to reboot the world after COVID-19 shuts down. People are becoming very annoyed How many days can be spent in this way Not finding any way to deal with it is becoming more and more economic recession day by day It will still take a long time to return to normal life.
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Rebooting the world is not an easy thing to do, because the effect of the corona virus is very large on human life. All the theories explained
in the opening post are good to do, but I'm sure the practice will be different. We need a little improvisation for rebooting the world, because
sometimes the situation will change without us expecting. The state of the world economy now it's getting worse, even my own economy is
getting worse. There is no other way for a corona vaccine to be found immediately. If this year the corona virus doesn't end, it's likely the
world won't return to normal.
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Rebooting the world and the economy sounds of course beautiful, but in fact, it is perceived as a rollback of the level of the economy a few years ago. After restarting the computer works better, but after the economic crisis, the economy becomes worse. So I don't see a parallel between restarting the computer and the current economic crisis. The article describes this beautifully in computer terms, but in reality, it is the degradation of the economy, broken careers, destinies and poverty.
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There are so many conspiracy theories because of this Pandemic, I am confused whether we will go to a new world era, if after this pandemic is over I am sure that a crisis will occur in the world, besides America and China, believe it or not, you decide it.
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Many of the systems and institutions we count on have failed us in various ways. And that’s what got us here. Of course, no one pillar of society is to blame exclusively. National governments, international bodies, tech platforms, financial institutions, and big corporations (including airlines) — they all need to do a lot of soul searching to realize what they did wrong.

I think the government now knows where or how they have failed in containing the pandemic to a low level. It will take more than identifying the hierarchy of needs to solve this because it is just one step of a whole process. If you think about it the whole world ignored early signs of an outbreak happening in China that even the World Health Organization said that containment and lockdown is unnecessary at this stage (March) now they are wrong as well as other governments who didn't took the outbreak seriously. The best thing they can do now is hope that this is over and they have a cure and hope that the next potential outbreak is something that they can be more prepared off. From early containment, flight restrictions, and first aid plans this are all need to be in place so they lessen the threat of the next outbreak.
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The title and the first part is great until I realized I am in a long read I have to cut myself off because I am becoming disoriented on the influx of new knowledge I don't know about this rebooting theory all I know is we are going to go back in business after this pandemic with a new perspective in life.

yes thats what rebooting means  . we are going to go back and live another life with a new mindset and not by carrying back the old one  .  remembering all this bad experience can only bring depression or even bad luck to you  . im only talking about the covid crisis and not the personal memories that we have because those precious memories should be cherish forever as they are important and that can give us a motivation or strenght to keep on pushing and living this hard life on earth  
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The title and the first part is great until I realized I am in a long read I have to cut myself off because I am becoming disoriented on the influx of new knowledge I don't know about this rebooting theory all I know is we are going to go back in business after this pandemic with a new perspective in life.
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I believe that, as a consequence of this reboot, we are going to move from a consumptive world to a constructive world. People finally recognize the empty promises of the consumer economy. They are starting to see the potential of learning, making, organizing — working together cooperatively to solve problems. People are going to find meaning through this reboot, which they are not going to give up once the mechanism of the economy has been restarted.


Consumerism is not just a matter of psychological or social phenomena, but cultural phenomena that are intentionally designed to allow the industrial machinery of the lifestyle to keep turning. The more you have a lot of luxury and expensive items, the more you are rich; the more you are rich, the more you look great, your social status is higher and you will be more respected.

Technological advances plus creativity (which is a form of self-actualization) minus character education lead to moral degradation. Esteem needs from humans are the wrong footing so that self-actualization is also misdirected. I take a simple example of celebrities in Indonesia, I think they are well educated and even considered as influencers and certainly understand about the economic quadrant but all are ignored or only become theories because what they want to show is the lifestyle of hedonism and money can buy everything even happiness.

Five things that influence consumer lifestyles are culture, lifestyle demands, social media, thirst for self-recognition, and ease of shopping. Ironically, everything is there at this time.
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BTC is currently rebooting the world as the price has surged to 10k in this pandemic situation. Post halving will be awesome and we might have a breaking record this year if this momentum continues.
I just think this is manipulation and it will cost you a lot to go against the rules of nature. At present, the US economy and some world powers are still suffering a lot of damage. could be a major recession next year because the economy is delayed too long. I don't believe Bitcoin can grow strongly in the coming months. When bitcoin halving end, there will be a strong correction from the whales.

Manipulation or not, we already see what is happens now in many countries. Bitcoin will grow strongly as what we see before, and we will see bitcoin price will increase higher. We are all getting closer to the halving moment so that can push the price to grow high, and remember that we already reach up to $9,800, and now the price seems to get stable in that price.
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See , you did a lot of research in this respect and I do think it is amazing but the problem is , it is indeed too big to read word to word .
Yes I do think most of the points mentioned here needs to be taken in account of , but at the same time one needs to understand that even though we are facing a pandemic right now we will soon enough be able to turn our lives back to normal , we have seen pandemics in past life too and I do believe that today's generation might not be a lot of things but they are indeed flexible .
So they will be able to keep up with this .
People will emerge stronger than ever and hopefully the government will learn from it's mistakes and protect the workers working in the meat industry .
It is all here because of improper hygiene and maybe who know , because of some lab study , but whatever it is , it needs to stop.
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I couldn't find the article, was too long and became boring a Philosophy. I wish it was a new discovery on science on how to tackle global recession by staying home and making money with a scientific code. Lols.
Damn right lol,this is one of the most boring article that i encountered and rebooting the world?this sounds joke lol as if the world expected this Covid-19 to come and have a diversionary plan after this.

The only that matter is how to recover from the losses that this pandemic brings and that is not necessary rebooting or even shutting down,Government will find ways how to restore the world and this is not in the hand of single person.
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BTC is currently rebooting the world as the price has surged to 10k in this pandemic situation. Post halving will be awesome and we might have a breaking record this year if this momentum continues.
I just think this is manipulation and it will cost you a lot to go against the rules of nature. At present, the US economy and some world powers are still suffering a lot of damage. could be a major recession next year because the economy is delayed too long. I don't believe Bitcoin can grow strongly in the coming months. When bitcoin halving end, there will be a strong correction from the whales.
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This is one really unnecessary long and boring forum post,OP. Grin
There's no need for such grandiose thing as "Rebooting the World".When the lockdowns are over,the life will go back to normal.From my own experience I know that 98% of the people never change,so forget about "self-actualization" and other psychology terms.Most people will never find and embrace religion or philosophy 
And no,the consumer culture isn't coming to an end.This is some really bold statement.
During the lockdowns,everybody is buying food,using internet,shopping online,wasting their time consuming stuff.This is consumer behavior,right?
The consumer culture is far away from it's own Armageddon.

Maybe, it is just like a restart or refreshing our mind about the pandemic because it is not that easy to go back to normal if you know that there is still a risk of getting the virus. Soon after the vaccine has created, that's the right time for us to restart and help each other recover and grown again from this virus. There are a lot of people and sectors that are really affected by this virus and having a hard time to stand up again because not all of us are equal financially. We need to work from the start again, save money, do what we are doing before this pandemic and go back to our normal state. Having so much confident after this pandemic will put your life in to danger so still be mindful and keep yourself safe after recovery.
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I couldn't find the article, was too long and became boring a Philosophy. I wish it was a new discovery on science on how to tackle global recession by staying home and making money with a scientific code. Lols.
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Actually it is a very long article and has many unnecessary details, you should omit some irrelevant ideas to make the article more concise. To me, only countries affected by serious epidemics such as the US, Italy, Spain, etc. have a great impact on the needs and psychology of consumers. it's simply because the social inactivity keeps them from being able to do more and makes no money. and after the pandemic is under control, they will have to go to work to pay off their debts and thereby reduce consumer habits. So my conclusion is that the services and manufacturing of luxury goods will suffer a lot of consequences and it is very difficult to restore user habits.
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BTC is currently rebooting the world as the price has surged to 10k in this pandemic situation. Post halving will be awesome and we might have a breaking record this year if this momentum continues.
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The way this epidemic has spread round the world will take an extended time to recover the economy Everyone will remember the damage that has been done to the country during this point because numerous deaths haven't been done before especially within the whole world. Everyone can panic and learn from here but after the COVID-19 pack up it'll take time to reboot the planet.

People should not expect that the economy would kick up in a haste, yes. The world economy was taken down by the pandemic and now that glimpse of light is coming up as restarting is taking place, we need to gradually key in and for life to turn to normal. Everything is gradual step , leagues are preparing to restart and soon the economy will come back and people we get back to their lives, we have to be patient while staying safe.
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The way this epidemic has spread round the world will take an extended time to recover the economy Everyone will remember the damage that has been done to the country during this point because numerous deaths haven't been done before especially within the whole world. Everyone can panic and learn from here but after the COVID-19 pack up it'll take time to reboot the planet.
it is not easy to be able to recover from the causes of this corona pandemic, because many countries have been affected by this pandemic and many countries are not ready in terms of handling this pandemic. so that the allocation of funds for this pandemic must be provided quite a lot because many countries have to do "lock down" and "stay home", where the state must prepare all the needs of its citizens so that there is no shortage or even starvation. because many citizens are unemployed and do not get salaries to fulfill their needs.
if this pandemic passes, it is unknown how long the economic recovery will take time to get back to normal.
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The way this epidemic has spread round the world will take an extended time to recover the economy Everyone will remember the damage that has been done to the country during this point because numerous deaths haven't been done before especially within the whole world. Everyone can panic and learn from here but after the COVID-19 pack up it'll take time to reboot the planet.
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Reasons the shutdown is occurring is.

#1  We failed to learn from the history of the Spanish Flu.

#2  We failed to learn from the history of the Great Depression.

#3  We failed to learn from Voltaire that paper money always returns to its intrinsic value of zero.

Whatever lessons we learn from this pandemic. People 100 years from now will forget.

They'll repeat all of our mistakes. And probably add a few of their own.
we all fail to learn from the past...
A great country is a country that will learn from this experience, but I cannot refuse you, that we will forget about the Pandemic and will continue to repeat making mistakes in the future  Cry

Because people now a days lives in YOLO life and doesn't think about the future that's why many got affected especially those country who belongs in third world section.

After this pandemic diseases who ever economically recover faster will gain a limelight globally since for sure many country in the world will keep looking forward unto them and follow what foot steps they do to rise.
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Reasons the shutdown is occurring is.

#1  We failed to learn from the history of the Spanish Flu.

#2  We failed to learn from the history of the Great Depression.

#3  We failed to learn from Voltaire that paper money always returns to its intrinsic value of zero.

Whatever lessons we learn from this pandemic. People 100 years from now will forget.

They'll repeat all of our mistakes. And probably add a few of their own.
we all fail to learn from the past...
A great country is a country that will learn from this experience, but I cannot refuse you, that we will forget about the Pandemic and will continue to repeat making mistakes in the future  Cry
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Reasons the shutdown is occurring is.

#1  We failed to learn from the history of the Spanish Flu.

#2  We failed to learn from the history of the Great Depression.

#3  We failed to learn from Voltaire that paper money always returns to its intrinsic value of zero.

Whatever lessons we learn from this pandemic. People 100 years from now will forget.

They'll repeat all of our mistakes. And probably add a few of their own.
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Ahh, the Hierarchy of Needs proposed by Maslow. You literally posted a whole discussion of a Psychology course into a bitcoin forum..

Technically after the COVID-19 pandemic, people and governments would be more aware that infectious diseases are lingering just around the corner and nature is not one to fuck with. Also, more people will inform themselves into basic biology and medical science, as most seem to ignore this certain area which caused the pandemic. Governments will invest more on the field of medical and biological research, and ultimately, people will focus more on health and hygiene needs after this is all said and done.

I don't see any restructuring of our economic structure currently, and the only thing that will change is everyone's outlook and perception on viruses and how severe they can be. Frankly though, the economy will take a beating of its own--and a hard one at that--and just like any other economic downturn/recession that we have had in the past, things will get back to normal once more.

It's good reading a post like this again, and I felt like I wasted 10 mins of reading and re-reading everything even if I already know what it contains. One thing and one thing only, consumer culture will not die as long as people feel that vanity is a part of their own system to belong to their society, or to be just acceptable within the social norms. Viruses will not be the reason for it to disappear, and the quarantines around the world made it even worse for some people who are eagerly wanting to go out and get back to their daily lives.
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Anyone read the whole text seriously?

Yeah, I did, but to be honest, at the end I was so bored because I already knew where all this was going..
The essence is in the conclusion the author wants to arrive to, it purposely twists facts just so it can draw this one out of his magical hat.

Now, the important fragment:

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In any case, the rebooting of society will not return us to the arrangement we had in the last days of 2019, with power and wealth lying where they were.

Again and again, the same rhetoric, the world will change after Covid.
Nope! The world has not changed after two 22, has not changed after 9/11 has not changed after Hiv has not changed after the swine flu and it will not change now.
Wishing for something and trying to see facts where is simple speculation is not the way to analyze an event.

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The shutdowns have made it clear that the 2010 era of the consumer culture has come to an end.

I can only laugh at this...
The end of the consumer culture?
Here we go again...
Has the consumer culture ended after 1907, Black Monday of 1987, Asian financial crisis,  2007 crisis, European bond crisis...Nope!

I've seen this a lot of times lately and not only here in other forums also, people that hate the way things are now, people that hate the luxury market, the opulence, the show off of the ones that have money thing we will suddenly cast that aside and return to good old communism where we only build factories for the greater good of mankind..

But history has taught us some else is going to happen shortly after this
We won't have a constructive society based on basic needs, not at all, what is going to come after this recession is more consumption, more spending because people will not join the "preppers club", they will join the "you live only once club".



 
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I believe this force of will, coming from people who return from isolation, will be the main force shaping cities and non-cities as well as the digital domain and Internet space. It is very unlikely that all these people will come back passively consuming media, indulging in consumer products, and deriving their identities from locality-based affiliations the way they did in the past.

I feel like this is a pretty short-sighted conclusion. Sure, the upper middle class is forced to do some soul searching, and that might lead to something good once this all passes. A lot of other people face a different reality though: job layoffs and loss of income. Some have been hit a lot harder than others, and I'm not sure if everyone would be as united as the OP theorizes considering the massive rift between priorities (being productive vs. surviving). We're also going to be so preoccupied with rebooting the economy that it's going to be a lot easier to fall back into old habits than rebooting our psychology.

To add, I know of at least one instance of a country (supposedly) recovering from the pandemic, and it doesn't look like their people have changed their mentality at all. I suppose we'll see, but the biggest change I foresee is that people would have more awareness of their leaders' incompetence because they actually need to pay attention now -- I just hope that leads to change for the better.
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Anyone read the whole text seriously? I thought of reading the conclusion and it is a little bit long too. OP you need to make tl;dr for real! BTW I start having headaches since I studied this years ago and It gave me headaches.
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Some 2 days back I come cross a tweet which says: The world is shut down for renovation and soon a grand reopening.

Yes, we are not just going to reboot this year 2020 but the entire world (there could be few excepting countries), and the prime concern for me would be how bitcoin is going to make use of this situation. People may prefer bitcoin against their country's slow economy conditions. I am not seeing there would be no country will escape from this recession as no industry is working right now. Countries with agriculture may restore their economy quicker than other countries but this is just a speculation from what I had observed in 2008 but the current situation must be complete different from what we had in the past.
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The current conditions force people to persue their basic needs working hard and low paying jobs in hopes to cover the debt someday. I think the COVID situation will only make the things worse, not better for a majority of people anyway. Of course it feels good to imagine the idealistic picture of the current outcome, but nonetheless be prepared to see the worst.
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Wow this is a long read... I agree with almost all of them if that really worths anything, however I think whoever wrote this actually wrote with some sort of knowledge and research and that shows in the read as well, all of the things talked about here has some sort of backing academically and that really means something in this place since most of the topics written are usually opinion based and not really all that amazingly thought over and just basically "I think bitcoin goes to.." type of thing.

Something written with so much research and discussion has not really been seen here for a long time now. I would suggest everyone to read this if they want to know what are the potentials after all of this is over, the human psychologically after something like this gonna be very different.
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It looks like someone just read Maslow's theory and decided to smoke joints while writing this post lol Grin
Seriously, though I applaud OP's effort.  I don't have anywhere near the attention span to read through a massive post like that, but I've been asking myself sort of the same question lately.  Seems like society has made a lot of changes that don't seem like they're going to be easily undone--and I think a lot of the changes are fairly unnecessary as well, but that's just my opinion.  It isn't going to be easy to just stop freaking out about germs and infection and get back to the days when we'd all be crowded in a line at the gas station.

But I hope the world can get back to that point and realize that we didn't just live through the zombie apocalypse but something much, much less severe than that.  As I said, I have my doubts however.

When the lockdowns are over,the life will go back to normal.
You might be (and hopefully are) right, but I have a feeling it's not going to be that easy.  In any case, all we can do is speculate since we're not there yet.
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This is one really unnecessary long and boring forum post,OP. Grin
There's no need for such grandiose thing as "Rebooting the World".When the lockdowns are over,the life will go back to normal.From my own experience I know that 98% of the people never change,so forget about "self-actualization" and other psychology terms.Most people will never find and embrace religion or philosophy 
And no,the consumer culture isn't coming to an end.This is some really bold statement.
During the lockdowns,everybody is buying food,using internet,shopping online,wasting their time consuming stuff.This is consumer behavior,right?
The consumer culture is far away from it's own Armageddon.
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It looks like someone just read Maslow's theory and decided to smoke joints while writing this post lol Grin

Self-esteem is not going to be defined by consumption, but by creation.
Well, if everyone will act like a philosopher, then it may be possible. But I bet humans will still brag about their sportscar, newest cellphone, etc.

Let’s be honest: Nobody knows what self-actualization really means.
It means humans want to be useful and have a meaningful life.

Anyway, I think it's exaggerating to say that this "Made in China" pandemic will rewrite the human nature.
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How will evolving human psychology affect the way we rebuild our physical and digital habitats?

Can we reboot 2020? I think we all want to find the plug on the back of this world, unplug it, wait 10 seconds, plug it back in, and see what emerges on the other side — which can only be better than the completely dystopian hellscape we live in these days. We are only a few months into 2020 and it looks like a decade worth of history has already been written.

The concept of rebooting comes from the world of computers. Now, most people know that a full reboot takes longer than a computer waking up from sleep mode. And with the global shutdown due to the Coronavirus, it looks like a full reboot is necessary. Heck, we may even need to rebuild the entire machine and install a new operating system from scratch, because this virus — which is not just a computer virus, but a real biological virus — has caused real havoc on this machine that is human society.

When you boot up a computer, its hardware and software go through a bootstrapping process. Each layer of the computer architecture starts up, enabling the next layer to leverage the capabilities and services of the previous layer. This process connects the hardware and the operating system to graphical user interfaces, various programs, and ultimately to the network experiences we rely on, especially in this time of global physical isolation.
Obviously, the world is not a computer. There are very few people who believe that the rebooting of the world’s economy will follow a strict and predictable script, like restoring your Mac to its factory settings and rebooting it as a new machine. The world is inhabited by humans. Humans participate in institutions. Most importantly, humans have emotions. This means that individual as well as group psychology will shape the way this new machine reboots. I think it is worth looking at this bootstrapping process, layer by layer, through this lens of human psychology.
The model describing the hierarchy of human needs presents this stack of layers:

Screenshot source: Simply Psychology. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Retrieved from https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html.
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Much like the layers of a computer system, physiological needs form the basis — food, water, shelter. Once these basic needs are met, the need for safety and security builds on top of that bottom layer. On top of that, people look for social connections. They strive for personal accomplishments and prestige, with the ultimate goal of achieving their full potential.
Using this stack as a lens, we can analyse the impact of the globally shared experience we are currently going through, surmising what comes after — what will have changed significantly and what is likely to stay the same in each of these layers. Of course, nobody knows what is going to happen. There are too many dimensions around epidemiology, macroeconomics, and geopolitical shenanigans to predict accurately what will come out on the other side. However, I will highlight what I believe to be the key factors that will make the rebooted version of our world significantly different from everything the 2019 trendline has suggested.

Layer 1: Physiological needs

The bottom layer of the pyramid of human needs includes the things you need in order to survive. Authorities call these the “essentials”. To most people, that means all the products that are available at grocery stores and drug stores, plus whatever Amazon is still shipping. While “COVID” will probably be the Merriam Webster word of the year, I think that the runner-up may be the word “essential” — as people try to figure out if everything they do is essential, if the products they buy are essential, and if their job is essential.
We have come out of a decade defined by influencers selling aspirational lifestyles with instant experiences. We want our pop-ups to be Instagram-worthy, our coffee to be third-wave, our avocado toast to be artisanal. It is very clear that none of those things are essential. If you are reading this at home and not working 18-hour shifts, neither is your job.
With most of the world being shut down, it is actually quite amazing to see the store shelves stocked as well as they are. I’m sure there is stress on the supply chains and that certain goods are in higher demand than others; but by and large, the things that fulfill our physiological needs are mostly available.


In this phase of physical isolation, though, I think that the digital world has become essential too. Imagine COVID-19 without Internet access. What if you were not able to get updates from Twitter or other news websites? What if there were no way to catch up with co-workers, teachers, family, and friends via Zoom or FaceTime? What if there were no way to work remotely, communicating via Slack, collaborating via Google Docs, and building software via code sharing platforms like GitHub?
I think this trend of going back to the essentials will continue to drive the market after the global reboot; from what consumers will adopt to what people will create and offer to the market. The fluffy promise of innovation makes way for general solutions that solve common problems. In the spirit of Food Network host Alton Brown, there is no place for “unitaskers” that only serve a single purpose — because a lemon-peeling gadget will never be as flexible as a good paring knife. Differentiation that highlights one product’s unique attributes will make way for the flexibility of products that assimilate functions of many previous niche solutions; those will become part of people’s dependable daily routine.
Research shows that it takes between 18 and 254 days for people to form a new habit. In the instant-gratification era, you could tap a button on your phone to get something delivered immediately; or you could head down to an Apple store to pick up something on your way to work. People’s habits were all about immediate gratification. But now, we are in a period that forces people to learn how to wait — wait until quarantine is over, until schools reopen, until toilet paper is back in stock, and until the stimulus check arrives. More than anything else, people are forming the habit of waiting. They wait for the next iPhone upgrade; they delay a trip until some indefinite point in the future; and they defer a new purchase because they realize that they are actually pretty happy with what they have.
This mindset will have a big impact on the speed of economic recovery. It changes the basic assumption of economic growth and, more immediately, the efficacy of advertising and marketing. The products and services that dominate the next era will be shaped by a combination of 1) the return to essentials and 2) the willingness to wait for the right thing. Long-term solutions will be much more popular than short-term-oriented products.

Layer 2: Safety needs

Right now, people are keenly aware of two types of insecurity. One is physical insecurity, as they are afraid of getting the virus and becoming very sick. The other one is economic insecurity, as they are worried about losing their jobs and source of income or the value of their investments, such as their retirement funds.


The sharing economy embodies both types of insecurity in its architecture, as physical insecurity breeds economic insecurity. It is becoming painfully clear that companies like WeWork — which packs a lot of people into a small space — are going to be hard-pressed to find customers who want to return to that level of physical proximity, even after the virus subsides. The thought of being crammed into small glass boxes feels fundamentally unsafe now. Similarly, Airbnb hosts are losing their minds over the evaporation of bookings, which they considered a reliable source of income. They are now turning their short-term rentals into furnished long-term rentals for the regular leasing market; the prospect of an empty apartment they need to pay a mortgage for, without getting revenue out of it, is too much economic insecurity for them to bear. Even affordable luxuries like Uber or UberPool seem like a terrible bargain for the person driving the car, as well as for the one person or (god forbid) two people who need to jump into the car together.
Is it really worth it? The electric-scooter company Bird has laid off a big part of its staff by infamously firing people via a pre-recorded message on Zoom. After all, as a customer, you have to wonder whether it makes sense to pick up an electric scooter, if you don’t have the opportunity to wash your hands afterwards. Even the darling of the gig economy, Instacart, is facing a strike; their delivery drivers have started to see their work as deserving of hazard pay, as they have to deliver life-sustaining groceries to homebound and self-isolating COVID sufferers. They should be paid like EMS (emergency medical services) workers in the current situation. So, how much longer are they willing to do this type of work, given the health risks that come with the job? And if these gig workers actually started getting paid the true value of their work, could such platforms — many of which already have to deal with astronomical losses — remain a viable business model at all? Are we witnessing the end of the sharing economy? And what is going to replace it after the reboot?

The companies I just mentioned were considered the tech industry darlings of the 2010s, with sky-high valuations, mountains of venture capital, and (for a lucky few) the chance of a splashy stock market launch. But especially now, it seems like the model of funding an aspiring monopoly with globs of VC money creates a difficult situation, where the organization in question bears the burden of satisfying both sides of the market. For example, Airbnb has to please the travellers who want to cancel their bookings and receive a refund on the one hand, and the hosts who want to keep their deposits and pay their mortgages on the other hand. For the platform, there is no win. You can’t please both sides. And everybody ends up blaming you.
The sharing economy exposes buyers to physical risks and sellers to economic risks.
We can be hopeful that scientists will find a treatment and create a vaccine for COVID-19. Slowly, travel and hospitality will awake from their dormant state. But people’s expectations of tech platforms will be informed by the downside of the utopian ideal. What emerges will likely be a realignment of responsibility, where two people, who want to make a deal economically, find a mutually agreeable arrangement that matches their individual needs. Instead of one global, homogenous marketplace that is controlled by one website, we will see more diverse offerings that are connected and enabled by the efficiency software brings. You make the deal as individuals. And the software is not your boss — it’s just a tool you use for coordination and communication.

Layer 3: Social needs
Today, people in isolation are lucky to have the infrastructure of the Internet, social networks, and messaging platforms to connect with friends and family. Back in 1918, people who were isolated due to the Spanish flu only had a book or two to keep them entertained.
Yet, it is interesting to realize that, outside of Facebook friends and family group chats, the social structures in people’s lives are typically defined by physical spaces and their proximity to each other. For example, people say, “I am from New York.” Or they refer to a specific neighborhood, saying, “I live in Mission in San Francisco.” It is just a zip code or a neighborhood name, but it implies what they stand for and who they are. Someone who lives in Beverly Hills has a totally different social structure than someone who lives in Bushwick. So much of where people choose to live is about choosing the group to which they belong. This begs the question: When people leave their chosen identity cluster, e.g. Williamsburg, and go back to their hometown, e.g. Lexington, Kentucky, for several months, will their perceived identity change? Furthermore, if culture and identity are defined by street scenes that are in turn shaped by small businesses, many of which are forced to close their doors during this crisis, is there even anything left for the residents to return to afterwards? And if the residents don’t return, how is the idea of the collective defined then? Can geographically defined group identity survive a mass exodus and economic collapse?


Universities are facing a similar situation. When people hear that Harvard and (minutes later) Ohio State has decided to move everything online, they leave the campus. Then, they realize how different online instruction will be. But why is that? Is it because most of what defines a course is the setting, the affiliation, the daily plan, and the incidental interaction between people who have chosen the same major as their collective identity?
Even people who belong to organized religions may not be able to worship together anymore. Now, this aspect of social life may return to normal faster than others, because there are forces beyond logistics and economics to pull people back to their routine and rituals — be it cultural heritage, family pressure, personal needs, or social dynamics. Nevertheless, collective identity defined by religion will be facing a challenging period ahead.
The work situation is no different. What happens if the company you work for enacts restructuring and layoffs, shifting the in-office experience to a predominantly remote, work-from-home situation? Will people’s social needs in these existing collectives be sufficiently fulfilled as they go through physical separation? Will their interactions with co-workers be adequately replaced with remote-work technologies?
The sense of belongingness and group identity shifts from physically defined spaces to digitally defined spaces.
What if new types of clusters form? Clusters that are not defined by physical space and distance, such as being on the same campus or in the same neighborhood, going to the same place of worship, not to mention going to the same country club or meetup? Is there room for these new clusters of commonality to form, as people are dispersed and yearning to connect? What new type of social structure would emerge out of this that we haven’t seen before?


Layer 4: Esteem needs

People derive a lot of self-esteem from the company they keep and the memberships they hold — whether it is about the university they went to, the fancy neighborhood they live in, the prestigious employer they work for, or the number of followers they have on a social media platform. Now, in the current period of isolation, a lot of those things are becoming much less meaningful, as we are simply trying to get the last roll of toilet paper and go about our day, regardless of hierarchy. But as human beings, we always want to feel like we are achieving something, like we are improving, like we are becoming more confident in ourselves and more accomplished.


Self-esteem is not going to be defined by consumption, but by creation.
So, where does this surplus of the need to be better than others go? Is there going to be a massive self-learning process, as people aim to come out of this crisis better than before, by learning new skills that they now have time to learn?
Interestingly, there has been an increase in keyword searches for developer jobs since the crisis started. This suggests that more and more people are starting to think of acquiring developers’ skill sets. While these skill sets are difficult to achieve, they are rewarding; once you have attained them, you have the satisfaction of not only being a maker, but getting paid very well for your work. These days, when someone asks you, “Do you know how to code?”, you want to be able to say “yes”, because that just seems so much better than saying, “I went to an Ivy League university.”
This is a period in which many people have a lot of free time. And soon thereafter, there will be dire economic pressure. Thus, every individual needs to try to come out of this crisis stronger than before. So — beyond the world of software — what are the skill sets and achievements people strive for at the moment?

Let’s take the field of education. The most significant revolution in the field is probably not the fact that universities and grade schools are going online. It is the recognition that the most engaging on-screen teachers are actually YouTube stars, not students’ university professors who give lessons over Zoom calls. The prevalent form of instruction is shifting towards students teaching students, amateurs teaching amateurs. People who make instructional YouTube videos aren’t really seeking fancy university degrees as their ultimate achievement; they are observing the sea change and leveling themselves up by becoming mentors others can learn from, even if this type of instruction is very informal. Since they are both makers, who create great videos, and teachers others want to learn from, it is likely that those people will not only be Internet-famous; they will actually become real stars and leaders, movers and shakers, unencumbered by physical space and restrictions of existing institutions.
More likely than not, a person’s esteem in this era will not be defined by consumption; it won’t be about what you buy, what you wear, or what you have. Someone with great esteem will be someone who is able to make, create, and teach. This means that, possibly, the best way to practice what you learn is not completing homework and assignments you get graded on, but creating something on your own that you can add to the collective. You can contribute to the toolsets and the shared portfolio that different people make online, whether it is based on open-source software, 3D design, or other types of media.

Layer 5: Self-actualization

Let’s be honest: Nobody knows what self-actualization really means.

In the digital world, there are people who have achieved the pinnacle of being the best Minecraft player or the most creative TikTok creator. In the analogue world, it is quite easy to tell who has made it; not because of their wealth, but because you can tell from a mile away. Yet, those two worlds have always been very different; people who are successful in the real world don’t usually respect the achievements of people in the digital world.
Now, this period of social isolation has placed all of us in the digital world. The real world has been abandoned. In trying to flatten the curve to manage the spread of the virus, we sent everyone home. But when everyone is home, the traditional seats of power atop the impressive physical structure of cities, buildings, and stages, dissipate. All the monuments of institutional power are empty. And all that’s left of signals of wealth on high-income streets will be empty storefronts with a “space available” sign. By flattening the curve of the virus’s spread in the physical world, we may be flattening the power hierarchy as well.


It is inevitable that the economy shifts. While e-commerce used to be a small component, representing only 11% of the global retail pie, it will probably rise to 80% of a much smaller pie by the end of this isolation period, because of the general shrinkage of what people buy and what people can buy. This intense growth of the online component versus the in-person component is unlikely to drop back to the trend line of gradual growth after the crisis is over. By then, e-commerce will be commerce. E-learning will be learning. Online communities will be communities. Digital government will be government.


Doing things online is now the default way — which does not mean that online spaces are nearly good enough to replace the real world.
This prediction makes it clear that the current set of tools for building online experiences is woefully inadequate. Virtual conferences, which are being held using duct-taped-together technology, may not be very good today; but they can be 10 times better in a year, and 100 times better in two years. That is the premise of software eating the world, and that is Moore’s law still in effect.

People have the structure, possibility, and space to become the best version of themselves. They can connect with things that define them and which they can help define. They can achieve meaningful connections that define the collective identity and actions. (This type of socially oriented space is what I am working on in my day job, building Cardstack.) Ultimately, they will be able to decide where the combination of the online world and the real world, which we physically live in, is going to evolve in the course of the next 10 years.

The technical tools and software that will power these new interactions have not yet been defined. But people will start complaining about every tool that is being used in isolation, including current darlings like Slack, Zoom, and Twitter for communication and news. When the masses — not just early adopters and cool digital natives — attempt to communicate through these software channels, it results in massive needs and demands. This can concern the dollars they are willing to spend for something better or complaints as they get frustrated with limitations.

People want to connect; they want to organize, they want to achieve, and ultimately, they want to self-actualize. The way they spend their money, their time, and their energy to learn — that is the real force that will shape the new society we will see emerge out of all this. The mass psychology change I have outlined here will lead to a different outcome than the one the government predicts; after all, this collective global experience that affects all age groups and ethnicities will change the human beings that live through it on a fundamental level.

I believe this force of will, coming from people who return from isolation, will be the main force shaping cities and non-cities as well as the digital domain and Internet space. It is very unlikely that all these people will come back passively consuming media, indulging in consumer products, and deriving their identities from locality-based affiliations the way they did in the past.

Now, those who can build platforms that facilitate online and offline interactions are not the urban planners of the next phase; they are more like hardware store providers, who give people the tools they need, so they can build the space they see and feel when they come back. These people are not users of a few top apps in the app store; they are builders of the new social structure, the new economic relationships, and the new means of production — just like this Coronavirus outbreak is a bottom-up biological phenomenon, not a geopolitical dictating power move.

Ultimately, the recovery will be determined by the people and their actions, as well as the variations and the complexity of physical space. We have seen a peak in urbanisation in the last 10 years, which may now turn into a trend of people moving away from the urban centers, so as to explore a remote lifestyle — not only in terms of work, but in terms of geography as well, as they both work remotely and consider living in the countryside.
When people build their physical and online lives after this crisis, they will need the digital space to offer great variety as well. The templates provided to us within the boxes of our phones and browsers, to enter text and images, will not be enough to capture the full hierarchy of needs, which people will express through the digital medium. In the theory of adoption, the late majority has arrived at this digital transformation. Everybody on earth either is or has to be a digital participant.

But the real world is in peril. The governments, laws, and regulations are stretched to their limits as this crisis plays out. How many more levers can the politicians and civil servants use? They can shut down, they can redirect, but they will have to cultivate this new online-offline combination. This combination is better for the livelihood of the people, allowing us to organize and build a world collectively — one that we can be happy in, where we can achieve our hierarchy of needs, while still ensuring that we have a comfortable physical world to enjoy.

Those who understand technology, design, human psychology, even politics and ethics, need to come together to create a new toolbox. We need to let people, as they come back from this period of isolation, learn those tools. And then, they can decide for themselves which combination of digital tools they would like to use to reconstruct their space — both physical and online, personal and shared, private and public. This will redefine the way their own personal world manifests itself and the way they interact with the people in their lives.

I don’t think there is a single individual — not Jeff Bezos, not Mark Zuckerberg, not Elon Musk, not Bill Gates — who knows what this world will look like. How do you build a platform that evolves to fit the human needs, versus dictating what they can do? How do you design a product that emerges from the people’s collective creativity as they use it, versus being restricted by a company’s product roadmap or terms of service? Ultimately, how do we ensure that the people who help share, create, and evolve this space — as it is built on top of their sensibility, expertise, and collective will — receive economic benefits, since they are the people who made it all possible? That is our challenge as a society that is seeing this sudden juxtaposition of the physical world and the online world. Everything is possible. Nothing is easy. But a big wave is coming for people to ride.

Conclusion

Many of the systems and institutions we count on have failed us in various ways. And that’s what got us here. Of course, no one pillar of society is to blame exclusively. National governments, international bodies, tech platforms, financial institutions, and big corporations (including airlines) — they all need to do a lot of soul searching to realize what they did wrong.
In any case, the rebooting of society will not return us to the arrangement we had in the last days of 2019, with power and wealth lying where they were. The trillion-dollar stimulus may transfer one-time wealth from one ledger to the other; but ultimately, each layer will find its new mechanism and align it with the new psychology.

The shutdowns have made it clear that the 2010 era of the consumer culture has come to an end. So much of what was sold to consumers in the past has proven to be unessential. So much time has been professionally planned by us, so we can waste it all as efficiently as possible. Now that we have become time billionaires, it is clear that there is not much more to do. The most poignant tweet on this is probably the kind saying, “I finished Netflix.”

I believe that, as a consequence of this reboot, we are going to move from a consumptive world to a constructive world. People finally recognize the empty promises of the consumer economy. They are starting to see the potential of learning, making, organizing — working together cooperatively to solve problems. People are going to find meaning through this reboot, which they are not going to give up once the mechanism of the economy has been restarted.

In the words of the famous “Broke, Woke, Bespoke” memes: The anchoring of humanity in the real world — the government buildings as well as other physical monuments like cathedrals, stadiums, and giant shopping malls — is broke. Meanwhile, we are woke to the limits of the platform economy; the Ubers and Airbnbs of the world, with all their power, are not able to fill the gaps that are left behind by the broken institutions. What is bespoke is that now, we have to work together to organize our own human structure, one tweet storm at a time, one Slack group at a time, and one Zoom meeting at a time. These may not be the only tools we need to build our digital future, but we know that the whole world is getting a taste of what this reboot will feel like. Hold down the power button. We are about to start afresh, whether the world is ready for it or not.

Writer: Chris Tse - Cardstack Co-Founder.
Source: https://medium.com/cardstack/rebooting-the-world-after-the-covid-19-shutdown-3c53c989e499






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