This Pandemic Will not be the Game Changer you are Hoping for.

Here’s why.

The latest crisis has spawned a flurry of articles and blog posts predicting that at least some of the changes wrought by the pandemic will become permanent. This is hailed as a good thing since it will be good for the environment and ensure a more equitable distribution of material goods.

I have been an optimist all of my life, but since I became old and spent more time studying history, as well as thinking about the world shaping events that have taken place since I was born in…