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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 7964638" data-attributes="member: 13107">This seems likely.  I'll have to think through what I've read to tell which have depicted transitions which aren't completely catastrophic (e.g., Lucifer's Hammer describes a transition, but one which is a total catastrophe).Maybe history is a reasonable guide?   Any of a number of technologies as well as natural events were very disruptive and caused massive economic shifts.  Is there a difference in how quickly the transition will play out?If Covid-19 is the catalyst for a transition, we should expect large disruptions as workers are shifted from obsolete areas to new necessary areas.  There remains a big unknown, which is how to do work which requires interaction.  How does one get a hair cut?  Or do maid service?  What happens to workers in worker-dense industries such as poultry or pork processing?And, there seems to be an even greater trend towards inequality.  Social distancing is much harder for folks who have poor connectivity (the digital divide).  And I imagine Covid-19 outcomes are much better for folks who can afford better health care.  I can imagine the poorer segment of society being left to whether the virus as best they can, with some surviving, and others not.Be Safe, Be Well,Tom Bitonti</blockquote>