We are a polarized society; I have not surprised you by saying so. We are a society with a low tolerance for nuance. We tend to favor: yes/no, right/wrong, good/evil, left/right kind of thinking. We are not the better for it, but it is what it is.
Jobs, jobs and jobs. Politicians and news outlets talk and write a lot about jobs.
5 years ago, the three things that kept CEOs up at night were talent, operating in a global marketplace, and regulation and legislation.
News reports refer routinely now to “second waves” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such references, in turn, invoke prior pandemics subject to such ebb and flow.
We've probably all been subject to change in our model of work.
The global response to COVID19 is the most complex display of public health policy in living memory.