As we’ve progressed through the challenges brought to us by Covid 19, I’ve noticed a pattern. Perhaps you’ve seen it too: predictions that many things will no longer exist in our American (and to some degree global) culture even after this pandemic is gone.
I was curious as to how widespread this phenomenon is, so I did some research (read: Google searches) and learned that , as it turns out, many aspects of our culture are going the way of the Dodo and leaving our shared experience forever. Many wide and varied, and sometimes surprising things.
Would you like to see the list and the articles to back each vanishing item on it? I’ve broken it down into five groupings. I hope you find this helpful.
Just so you don’t find this too depressing, I’m ending it with a more cheerful grouping of items.
I think you’ll notice that in many cases the authors aren’t completely certain that these things are going away. But since the experts have done so well in predicting how things would go in these past four months, I think you can take all this to the bank.
The General List
Business Related
What Might Be Gone | Documentation |
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The Open Plan Office | Coronavirus May Finally Be the End of the Open-Plan Office |
The Corporate Office | Will Coronavirus Be the End of the Corporate Office? |
The Office | This might just be the end of the office as we know it |
Quarterly Earnings Guidance | Will COVID-19 Be the End of Quarterly Earnings Guidance? |
Coworking Space | Can the Coronavirus be the End of Coworking Space? |
Work Email | Coronavirus should be the end of the work email. |
Emerging Markets | The End of Emerging Markets? |
Just-In-Time | Could Covid be the end of Just-in-Time? |
Work Life Balance | Could Covid-19 be the End of the Work-Life Balance? |
Business Travel | It could be the end of business travel as we know it |
Corporate Share Buybacks | Coronavirus might be the end of corporate share buybacks |
Commuting | Is this the end of commuting? |
Useless Meetings | Will COVID-19 end open plan offices, useless meetings, and handshakes? |
Items that fall under the “I-Didn’t-Know-That-Was-A-Thing” category
What Might Be Gone | Documentation |
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iBuying | Will the Coronavirus Crisis be the End of iBuying? |
Exclusive Remedy Provision | Will COVID-19 Be the End of the Exclusive Remedy Provision of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Law. |
Medicare Site Neutral Policy | Will COVID-19 Be the End of Medicare Site Neutral Policy? |
Pub Sessions | Will the COVID-19 pandemic be the end of pub sessions? |
Black Friday in France | Could this be the end of Black Friday in France? |
Hot Desking | Will coronavirus be the end of hot desking? |
The Time for What is Over?
What Might Be Gone | Documentation |
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Procrastination over Patents | COVID-19: The time for procrastination over patents is over. |
Skepticism | The Time for Skepticism is Over. |
New Jersey Parties | New Jersey deploys ‘The Situation’ with coronavirus message: ‘The time for parties is over’ |
Dithering | Mali: The Time for Dithering is Over. |
Magical thinking | Elizabeth Warren: ‘The Time For Magical Thinking Is Over’ |
Cheap Political Shots | The time for cheap political shots at government is over |
Awareness and Education | The time for Awareness and Education is over |
RIMPAC Training | The Time For RIMPAC Training In Hawaii Is Over. |
Asking Nicely | COVID-19: The time for asking nicely is over in Vancouver. |
Things that the experts say WON’T be going away (whew!)
What Won’t Be Gone | Documentation |
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NYC | Why Corona Virus Won’t be the End of NYC.. |
All Cities In General | Coronavirus won’t be the end of big cities |
Shopping Malls | COVID-19 Does Not Have to be the End of Shopping Malls |
Papersmiths | A small business retail story: Why coronavirus won’t be the end of Papersmiths |
The Car | Covid won’t be the end of the car. |
Now doesn’t that make you feel better?
Are there any I missed?
You can click here to see my last post about Covid (also not entirely serious): Trying to Catch Covid.
And click here to see other attempts at humor on this blog.
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