The slight majority of Americans say they are worse off than four years ago, while their assessments of the U.S. economy are subpar and inflation remains a key concern.
People assume that covid was super miserable for everyone… But a global plague is preferable to pointless forced attendance at “employment” for many many people. I know lots of people who miss it. And much of that progress has been completely reversed.
People forget about how much it felt like labor and employment were about to be revolutionized for the better back then. It really seemed like employers were finally going to be forced to adapt to better conditions.
Now it feels like that’s all being undone. How many companies still have their remote work options? How many people are willing to leave their jobs for something better now?
Covid was super miserable because some operational ties have formed on top levels of bureaucracies and businesses, which weren’t there before it. And the covid tech bubble added to that. And the data collected by everyone using things like Zoom and Teams and other such, and probably accessible to governments, - owch.
It’s a bit like neural connections in our brains, say, an ADHD person has severe lack of some of them, but if they take meds when they are still developing, some subset of those will actually form and make them more capable for various tasks.
This consolidation has really accelerated our time’s remake of something like 30 years war.
People assume that covid was super miserable for everyone… But a global plague is preferable to pointless forced attendance at “employment” for many many people. I know lots of people who miss it. And much of that progress has been completely reversed.
People forget about how much it felt like labor and employment were about to be revolutionized for the better back then. It really seemed like employers were finally going to be forced to adapt to better conditions.
Now it feels like that’s all being undone. How many companies still have their remote work options? How many people are willing to leave their jobs for something better now?
Covid was super miserable because some operational ties have formed on top levels of bureaucracies and businesses, which weren’t there before it. And the covid tech bubble added to that. And the data collected by everyone using things like Zoom and Teams and other such, and probably accessible to governments, - owch.
It’s a bit like neural connections in our brains, say, an ADHD person has severe lack of some of them, but if they take meds when they are still developing, some subset of those will actually form and make them more capable for various tasks.
This consolidation has really accelerated our time’s remake of something like 30 years war.