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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think things are gradually going back to “normal”, as they do after any pandemic. Covid did hasten the acceptance of things like WFH and video calls, but that was going to happen eventually anyway.

When I say “the before times” I still mean pre 9/11. Those of you born after about 1985 or so really have no idea how much things have changed.[/quote]

That is interesting.  I agree 9/11 brought far more permanent changes to life.[/quote]

I don’t know. I lived in NYC on 9/11 and experienced the aftermath up close, and yes, a lot of things changed in very obvious ways. But the Covid shift feels like more of a slow burner—insidious and impossible to quantify just yet. [/quote]

I agree with that. The main societal 9/11 shift that persist are air travel and big venue security checks (but those are just as much about our out of control gun problem), and security/access to certain buildings (also contributed in part to the gun problem); so if you don't or never did a lot that (and many people don't fly at all or often), what other general shift are you seeing? I suppose there were shifts in views on religion and government and what to be afraid of, but those are and were fickle and have shifted several times since and will shift again.

Meanwhile, COVID changed education, social interactions, how we respond to general illness and personal hygiene in public, commuting, distance communication norms, attitudes about health care generally, the comparative number of deaths and families impacted by those deaths and related short- and long-term disabilities, the impact of same on the job market, peoples' general attitudes about their work and work/life balance, the stunted social development of huge swaths of children, how we shop and whether we can get what we are looking for in person, etc. etc. etc.  Some of that was coming along anyway, but the accelerated shift was abrupt in many those areas.[/quote]

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