Things I’m curious to read about in the coming years about coronavirus impacts:

  • Work related

    • Will companies become more friendly to remote work? Will they seek out remote employees as a form of resilience to future disease waves?
    • Will they increase their demand for office space to give their employees more space or decrease their demand as they shift to remote work?
    • Will a home office boost the value of one’s house more than before?
    • Will business travel and in person meetings become relatively less common?
  • Environment related
    • How much do air pollution levels go down? Do people notice that the air smells better?
    • How much quieter are cities without all the traffic?
    • Have numbers of wildlife increased?
  • School related
    • Will parents become more favorable to homeschooling? Will fewer kids end up going to formal schools? Will legislation make that easier or harder to accomplish?
    • Will college students pay tens of thousands per year for remote education?
    • Will employers become less interested in college degrees as a signal of value? Will they be more open to other credentials?
  • Lifestyle related
    • Will attendance at large gatherings like concerts and sporting events decline?
    • Did more people end up going to local parks? Will they continue to do so?
    • Will people eat in restaurants less?
    • Will people travel to distant locales less?
    • Will cities lose their appeal?
  • Health related
    • Will people continue to eat more beans?
    • Will bidets become more popular?
    • Will people cook more meals at home?
    • Will people focus more on home exercise options?

My baseline overall prediction is that one year out not much changes. I remember people asking similar kinds of questions after 9/11 (will people ever fly again?) and that seems to be a distant blip on actual behavior.