Post-covid trends 1. Consumer economy --> prosumer 2. Lean homes -- > fat 3. Dematerialization --> rematerialization 4. Premium mediocre experience economy --> domestic cozy material economy consumer globalization --> intermediates/b2b globalization + circular last mile
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I'm sensing there's significant energy behind build back different/better that's not just talk... there's going to be a non-trivial push to put the global economy on a different foundation
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Replying to @mike_hogan
I don’t mean the Dems/political version. I mean the general sense of that idea in the zeitgeist.
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Replying to @vgr
It's funny, I found it so clunky as a political slogan that I'm only now considering it as a concept. And it is an appealing Andreessen-esque idea, depending on how it's executed. I do think there's a case for optimism that very big, cool, important things COULD happen in 2021
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There's also a case that Trump could be reelected (and/or "reelected") and the American experiment could end. I guess history didn't end after all?
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Replying to @mike_hogan
It did. This is reruns. Grump re-election is a Weimar reboot.
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Replying to @vgr
Knew you were gonna say that. I personally don't understand why this set of themes and variations should be designated ahistorical when the previous ones were not.
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I think it’s because tech has lost the ability to trigger fundamentally new dynamics. New history needs something like cryofreezing, artificial wombs, extreme longevity tech, gene hacking...
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Replying to @vgr
But ... isn't the entire notion of the Great Weirding predicated on a bewildering acceleration of communication and other tech-enabled activities that fundamentally changes the way we relate to ourselves, one another, and the world?
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