Newminimalists treat are immune to the impact of abnormal evernts.
Abnormal events happen infrequently but each time they do most people predict that this will become the new normal. I have an image of a perfect rose and I think this is normal. But this is the image of a rose not the rose itself. In a similar sense we all have images of what is happening to social order around us. But this is only an image it is not the actual social order that exists.
Let me be precise. A lot of people are using Zoom or some other technologies to carry on business relationships that might otherwise demand a face-to-face meeting. Because this way of conducting business has a certain appeal built into it many are claiming that this will become a new normal. Indeed that expand on that point when they predict that working from home is likely to become a common event for many people. As someone who has worked from home off and on for decades I can assure you that this is false prophecy.
Meanwhile people are clogging up streets in Paris, Melbourne, New York, Hong Kong, etc. They are protesters. Some of them are violent protesters. Some of them are looters not protesters. Some of them are arsonists not protesters. All of them are engaged in activities that are abnormal. Those who imagine this type of behaviour will become a new normal are delusional. These mobs will get bored and dissipate.
Off some of the streets lie abandoned Shopping Malls. These are ghost centres. The shops are closed and the people [owners and customers] have left the building. Those people who think that this is a new normal are correct. The images we see of empty Malls are a good predictor for what is going to happen to the ones in your community. This is a new normal.
If we put these images together we may, just may, be able to create an image of the 2020 new normal. The people who want to work from home rent space in the abandoned Mall. They fit those digs out with online technologies and work in a cooperative ways with their former employer and/or new clients. Meanwhile the protesters focus the attention of the local authorities on the need for 5G and Starlink based communications to operate with minimal regulation. Business loans are granted to start-ups under favourable terms because these entities have the support of the local council. And the streets are put off limits for any mob without a permit to protest.
Richard.
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