COVID advanced the world into the future

[secretgirl]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

I agree with what you say, I believe that whatever happens in this world there must be benefits. like the covid virus which has not gone away until now, there must be benefits. one of the benefits in my opinion is that covid teaches all humans to be more productive in finding income. when everyone is required to do work activities only from home, even learning activities from home, then everyone will take advantage of existing technology for their daily activities. With today's increasingly sophisticated technology, one can earn income only from home, I am sure that one day the unemployment rate will decrease, and it will advance the world into the future.

[conected]

The pandemic changed the living and working habits of people around the world. The application of technology such as online shopping, cashless payment or online meetings via zoom and working from home is to adapt because of the ongoing epidemic. That could end soon as the vaccine becomes available worldwide.

Due to the epidemic people have come a long way in terms of technology i think it will never end once the epidemic is over technology will continue to be used and people will turn to other online activities including online shopping. There will be a tendency among the people to work from home which will improve the country in the future.

- Technology is starting to become a habit of all of us today, from shopping to work, technology is adding to a lot of the flaws that the pandemic has created, keeping us safe and working from home, instead of needing to risk going to work and being in contact with so many people every day. A point of improvement for the future system but this is not a pre-arranged case from the government or from a company, the age of technology is coming too soon, this trend will create many wrong ideas for young generations, maybe they will completely not want to go out in society and confidence in communication will not exist, Covid is disrupting the flow of time

[Betwrong]

Yes, because of Covid pandemic, a lot of things had changed. Many people now are working online and also enter in crypto world. From a traditional work of   8 to 12 hours a day, always looking for time so as not to get caught up in work, and huddled in the car in the middle of traffic. Now, working from home, without limit, without hassle, and sitting in front of your computer, you are able to earn huge money. That is just a few changes caused of covid 19 pandemic.

Although I salute all the positive changes to the economy that happened during the past months, I don't think that the emerged possibility of working without limit is a good one, and I want to warn against it(at least those who read this text). Indeed, working much longer than usual can provide you with much more income than before in the short term, but "in the short term" is the keyword here. Taking time to relax from your work is very important, both for your health and the effectiveness of your work. In the long term overworking can be very harmful. Be careful with that.

Oh, yes, remote work from an undoubted good can turn into a curse from which there is no escape, which will take away your free time, which in other conditions you would have spent on recreation or self-education. It is one thing when you arrive from an industrial enterprise or office and become left to yourself, and quite another when you are constantly at home and family with household chores must somehow be combined with work issues. Therefore, it is not necessary to exaggerate the role of remote work and understand that the traditional scheme of professional activity has its advantages.

Indeed it has a lot of advantages, and no wonder, because it has been evolving for many decades. Many intelligent persons, economists, sociologists, doctors and others, were working on this scheme. If today, in the case of distant working, we were having the ability to create our own working schedule, it would be foolish to not use the knowledge. In short, even though I'm not that good at it myself, I would suggest to refrain from overworking.

[S4VV4S]

Yes, because of Covid pandemic, a lot of things had changed. Many people now are working online and also enter in crypto world. From a traditional work of   8 to 12 hours a day, always looking for time so as not to get caught up in work, and huddled in the car in the middle of traffic. Now, working from home, without limit, without hassle, and sitting in front of your computer, you are able to earn huge money. That is just a few changes caused of covid 19 pandemic.

Although I salute all the positive changes to the economy that happened during the past months, I don't think that the emerged possibility of working without limit is a good one, and I want to warn against it(at least those who read this text). Indeed, working much longer than usual can provide you with much more income than before in the short term, but "in the short term" is the keyword here. Taking time to relax from your work is very important, both for your health and the effectiveness of your work. In the long term overworking can be very harmful. Be careful with that.

Oh, yes, remote work from an undoubted good can turn into a curse from which there is no escape, which will take away your free time, which in other conditions you would have spent on recreation or self-education. It is one thing when you arrive from an industrial enterprise or office and become left to yourself, and quite another when you are constantly at home and family with household chores must somehow be combined with work issues. Therefore, it is not necessary to exaggerate the role of remote work and understand that the traditional scheme of professional activity has its advantages.

Indeed it has a lot of advantages, and no wonder, because it has been evolving for many decades. Many intelligent persons, economists, sociologists, doctors and others, were working on this scheme. If today, in the case of distant working, we were having the ability to create our own working schedule, it would be foolish to not use the knowledge. In short, even though I'm not that good at it myself, I would suggest to refrain from overworking.

That's right, doing everything with technology, working from home is a change that I think is very good, even though without us realizing there are many negative things in this condition, especially in education in my country, which is surprised to have online education. The government's unpreparedness causes all systems to become chaotic, poor children who do not have internet access and their learning support technology devices are the impact.

[buietaw]

We met with remote work. Many companies announced that they will continue to work remotely even after normalization. this will save them a lot of expense.

[livingfree]

We met with remote work. Many companies announced that they will continue to work remotely even after normalization. this will save them a lot of expense.

But many companies too that they cannot allow their employees to continue or prolong the work at home setup.

Just like Amazon or it's just some news that has to bring some FUD. I think that those companies that have provided a work from home setup should maintain it if it's not sacrificing the productivity of the company.

And as well as the worker.

[fara_buduk]

overall this covid-19 is a very uncomfortable thing, not good and there is no benefit at all

We met with remote work. Many companies announced that they will continue to work remotely even after normalization. this will save them a lot of expense.

But many companies too that they cannot allow their employees to continue or prolong the work at home setup.

Just like Amazon or it's just some news that has to bring some FUD. I think that those companies that have provided a work from home setup should maintain it if it's not sacrificing the productivity of the company.

And as well as the worker.

maybe for office workers.....ist ok but for those who work as factory workers and other jobs, they are threatened from their jobs

[AndySt]

We met with remote work. Many companies announced that they will continue to work remotely even after normalization. this will save them a lot of expense.

But many companies too that they cannot allow their employees to continue or prolong the work at home setup.
Just like Amazon or it's just some news that has to bring some FUD. I think that those companies that have provided a work from home setup should maintain it if it's not sacrificing the productivity of the company.
And as well as the worker.

The most important factor in business is efficiency, and if remote work brings more profit, then it will become more widespread, because these are the laws of economics. Another question is that all this has its limits and the end of the coronavirus epidemic does not mean that now everyone will hit the remote mode of operation and everything will remain the same. Corporate ethics and working hours have not been canceled. A person is a social being and he needs direct physical interaction with colleagues at work, and no messengers and video conferences can replace this.

[livingfree]

We met with remote work. Many companies announced that they will continue to work remotely even after normalization. this will save them a lot of expense.

But many companies too that they cannot allow their employees to continue or prolong the work at home setup.

Just like Amazon or it's just some news that has to bring some FUD. I think that those companies that have provided a work from home setup should maintain it if it's not sacrificing the productivity of the company.

And as well as the worker.

maybe for office workers.....ist ok but for those who work as factory workers and other jobs, they are threatened from their jobs

Yes, there's a difference between white collar and blue collar jobs. Well for those type of jobs that are adaptable to work at home then they should stay at home.

And the concern that you've mentioned, there's no way for them to adopt their jobs at home and that's why they still have to go to their work everyday and work as is.

[kayiboyu]

Work-from-home model is really the future of us. But this covid-19 period has sped up the process and we may see this happening mostly even earlier than we expected. Because many companies have already started using this model now.

[South Park]

The pandemic changed the living and working habits of people around the world. The application of technology such as online shopping, cashless payment or online meetings via zoom and working from home is to adapt because of the ongoing epidemic. That could end soon as the vaccine becomes available worldwide.

Due to the epidemic people have come a long way in terms of technology i think it will never end once the epidemic is over technology will continue to be used and people will turn to other online activities including online shopping. There will be a tendency among the people to work from home which will improve the country in the future.

The pandemic became a testing ground for new approaches to our old ways to do things, for example when it comes to closing a deal between two different companies I think we are going to see a tendency to keep closing those deals online as it is cheaper and more efficient to do this, however there were also some spectacular failures and one of those was online education, at least where I live this was complete failure as most kids lost a whole year of classes and they learned almost nothing during that period, even when they had access to all the necessary technology so in that case a return to regular classes is a must.

[inoes]

In every change, there will be people who will come and those who will leave.  Covid has forced people to study at home, work at home, and even shop at home.  if this is forced to continue, the world of culture will change completely, because everything starts from its habits.  I agree that covid is accelerating the latest industrial revolution but are we all ready?  although the answer must be ready.  Situation force us to be stronger

[CapGelatik]

Covid-19 has made a really good impact on especially cryptocurrencies. Because people started searching for alternatives when they were at home. And the demand for this market has increased at a very high rate. This will also help people get ready for the future also.

It is undeniable that the increase in cryptocurrencies so far is inseparable from the presence of covid 19,
even so I really hope that covid 19 can really disappear in the world so that the pandemic can end,
but indeed if it's realistic it's quite difficult to see in the near future

[Betwrong]

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Indeed it has a lot of advantages, and no wonder, because it has been evolving for many decades. Many intelligent persons, economists, sociologists, doctors and others, were working on this scheme. If today, in the case of distant working, we were having the ability to create our own working schedule, it would be foolish to not use the knowledge. In short, even though I'm not that good at it myself, I would suggest to refrain from overworking.

That's right, doing everything with technology, working from home is a change that I think is very good, even though without us realizing there are many negative things in this condition, especially in education in my country, which is surprised to have online education. The government's unpreparedness causes all systems to become chaotic, poor children who do not have internet access and their learning support technology devices are the impact.

I agree, I'm sure for many people a possibility of working from home was like an impossible dream in the past, and today it's reality for many of them.

The advantages are plenty:

you save on traffic(time and money);

you can eat better food at your home and it is cheaper than out too;

you can be doing your job when it's convenient to you(sometimes this factor is crucial) ...

I feel like I forgot to mention some other advantages, but you got the idea - working from home is better. Not for everyone, not always, but it's better overall. Some governments were unprepared at first, but the problem was solved in most places.

That's why I agree that COVID , however bad it was and is, has helped the world economy in advancing.

[cl0wn]

World has changed and will never go back to as it was before the covid. Things like working from home will probably stay around forever now.
I just wonder if governments across the world will start investing more in science.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Life is always changing, just look back 30 years ago when barely anyone was using the Internet or cell phones. And now we can do basically everything we need with our cell phone and just stay at home. Nobody needs to buy a huge desktop PC anymore, a tablet or laptop will do the same job while taking no space away. While being part of the change it seems like only small adjustments to our way of live, but during crisis times like corona, we realise how much our life is actually changing. I like the new normal with working from home more.

When the smartphones first came in to existence (around 2 decades ago), there was a lot of criticism from the "experts". They were saying that mobiles will never be able to replace the laptops and desktops. But in almost no time, smartphones poached in to the share of computers. Nowadays, the majority of users browsing internet use smartphones. Even for watching movies or movie serials, smartphones are being preferred. One reason is that time is scarce now and a lot of things need to be done simultaneously while traveling or working. Laptops are not suitable for this purpose.

[cheezcarls]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

In every bad situation, there's a new door open for a greater opportunity. As we are now in the digital age, the COVID-19 pandemic forced traditional industries to transition into digital way in doing their own businesses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of virtual class sessions increased because of the suspension of face-to-face classes. Other offices are transitioning from physical appearance in the workplace to just simply doing remote work-at-home. Same thing goes to the way we pay from using coins or paper bills, to cashless transactions.

It's the best time for the traditional business to adopt into digital way in doing their own stuff to survive during the pandemic.

[flyer88]

Life is always changing, just look back 30 years ago when barely anyone was using the Internet or cell phones. And now we can do basically everything we need with our cell phone and just stay at home. Nobody needs to buy a huge desktop PC anymore, a tablet or laptop will do the same job while taking no space away. While being part of the change it seems like only small adjustments to our way of live, but during crisis times like corona, we realise how much our life is actually changing. I like the new normal with working from home more.

When the smartphones first came in to existence (around 2 decades ago), there was a lot of criticism from the "experts". They were saying that mobiles will never be able to replace the laptops and desktops. But in almost no time, smartphones poached in to the share of computers. Nowadays, the majority of users browsing internet use smartphones. Even for watching movies or movie serials, smartphones are being preferred. One reason is that time is scarce now and a lot of things need to be done simultaneously while traveling or working. Laptops are not suitable for this purpose.

No matter what the conditions are, we must be ready to face the change itself. The world is progressing and developing, we must be good at adapting to change itself. Corona has a big impact, both positive and negative. Sometimes there is still a sense of gratitude that we work at home, we can get together with family every time.

[Spack17]

COVID period can be the best thing happened for cryptocurrencies really. Because so many people started looking for new adventures in this time period. And they came across cryptocurrency market. And now, there are incredible amount of people who have become a crypto user. And the future is coming even faster than ever thanks to that. I didn't think that I was going to thank COVID for something. 

[Natalim]

COVID period can be the best thing happened for cryptocurrencies really. Because so many people started looking for new adventures in this time period. And they came across cryptocurrency market. And now, there are incredible amount of people who have become a crypto user. And the future is coming even faster than ever thanks to that. I didn't t hink that I ngwas going to thank COVID for something. 

There's still a positive effect from covid aside from the disasters it has brought to a million lives of people. And being in crypto is the best decision that i had made this time. Fiat transactions are no longer beneficial today because it will help spread the virus fastly so virtual currencies are definitely taking place. And people even adults and millenials are taking most of their time into internet transactions today so they become more inclined to new technologies that would be very helpful in living more convenient this time.