What our post-corona working world might look like
If you are a realtor for commerical office space, it might be a good idea to get your CV ready. There have been many top companies who’ve started to migrate to fully home working. Aside from the increased freedom and flexi working. this is great news for everyone. I’ll explain.
Pre industrial revolution, the population was largely spread out across the countryside, working the farms. As we industrialised, labour was sought and more reliable incomes promised, people tended to move towards towns and cities in search of this work. Conditions were miserable…
Throughout history, luxury has been synonymous with materialism. The Romans who had purple robes were usually the richest, as purple was the most expensive dye and hardest to find. Collecting stuff and presenting things has been a staple of human culture for millennia. It shows power, prestige and cultural dominance. Countless tribes and armies throughout history pillage overrun civilisations to collect tokens of their successes which were gifted to the king as a trophy of their successes. Being able to get hold of treasured artifacts was thus a marker of hierarchy. This in turn extended to material finishes for walls…
Sadly for some of us the grief of the situation will create a very challenging time, I’m talking about those who have lost (or will lose) loved ones to the virus, and those whose livelihoods have been lost overnight. For the vast majority of the population however, we are sitting indoors like obedient, good citizens and this is for whom this article is written.
It seems like an odd thing to think about — why would anyone be better off after a virus has killed thousands, cleaned out the stockmarket and left us facing a recession that Is being compared…
