07-06-2020, 07:54 AM
(07-06-2020, 04:44 AM)nguyenivy Wrote: I was wondering too about automation & climate change really taking off as being the big things to consider policy around in the new saeculum. Just these 2 things alone need real leaders who can think long-term & make decisions that impact the future of our planet & humanity - not just the next round of elections. Automation being the economic elephant in the room (the crux of the matter is what happens to the 80% of us who don't program the AI but still need to survive?) & climate change addressing the very finite nature of our planet. The trend to buy experiences may continue but I wonder what that will look like if the pandemic lasts much longer. My generation seemed to have really got this going, with Instagram being filled with people showing off their trips to wherever before 2020. Perhaps this picks back up in the latter 2020s/2030s some years after the pandemic itself & pandemic mood is over.
You are wise to be concerned. I am convinced we will see the racism and small government ignore problem issues being solved, but it is not clear that Biden will address climate change and automation. The first one is possible, at least modestly. That is part of the blue agenda, and I see the Republicans losing it come fall.
But the economy? The coronavirus will not leave us in great shape. The old economy depended on getting everybody addicted to luxuries and giving everyone jobs providing everyone luxuries. The virus is getting us used to doing without luxuries. If they attempt to rebuild an economy based on the 40 hour work week and retiring around 65, I have my doubts that they will come close to full employment. Somebody will have to rethink things from scratch, and I don’t know that Biden seems to be that radical a thinker.
I expect a modest attempt at going after climate change and trying to return to the old normal in the high. That leaves us at the awakening, where the new generation of prophets will not be satisfied with half measures. But who knows? Maybe Biden will surprise us? Maybe his VP will look more deeply at the situation?
But thus far the crisis is focusing on other issues.
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