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Hopes and worries for the evolution of humans and digital life in the wake of the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic
Nearly half of experts worry that changes in the ongoing evolution of digital life tied to the COVID-19 outbreak and societies’ responses to it may make digital life in 2025 mostly worse for most people. Threats they cite include inequality and injustice; security risks and privacy’s fall; automation; misinformation and worsening mental health. Their hopes are for improved social relations and social justice; that tech and government may come to more highly value the needs of people and planet over profit and power; and that smarter and fairer human and technological systems will emerge.
Results released February 18, 2021 – To illuminate people’s expectations, hopes and worries about the likely near-future evolution of digital life in the wake of the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic Pew Research and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center conducted a large-scale canvassing of more than 10,000 technology experts, scholars, corporate and public practitioners and other leaders in July 2020; 915 of them responded, some offering highly detailed insights about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
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The Question: Life in 2025. There have been significant debates since the emergence of COVID-19 about its potential impact on global society. Much of the conversation has centered on the transformation of people’s social interactions, their physical and mental health, economic and social divisions, the nature of work and jobs, local, national and global politics, climate change and the globalization of goods and services. Of course, the evolution of people and technology could play a major role across some aspects of the ‘new normal’ in the years to come. What do you envision the ‘new normal’ for digital life will be in 2025? Consider the changes that are being set in motion by the COVID-19 outbreak and the way societies are responding. Do you predict these changes will lead to life in 2025 that is mostly better for most people, mostly worse for most people or not much different for most people than life was at the time the pandemic began?
915 respondents answered the question
About 47% said life will be mostly worse for most people in 2025 than when the pandemic began.
About 39% said life will be mostly better for most people in 2025.
About 14% said life in 2025 will not be much different for most people than before the pandemic began in 2020.
Among the key themes emerging in the 915 respondents’ overall answers were:
* EMERGING CHANGE – Tele-everything is embraced: The broad adoption of “remote” processes – tele-work, tele-medicine, virtual schooling, e-commerce and more – is growing. In 2025, there will be more people working from home, more virtual social and entertainment interactions, fewer forays in public than has been in the case in recent years. – Humans’ yearning for convenience and safety fuels reliance on digital tools: The pandemic has rearranged incentives so that consumers will be more willing to seek out smart gadgets, apps and systems. This will speed up adoption of new education and learning platforms, rearrange work patterns and workplaces, change family life and upend living arrangements and community structures. – The best and worst of human nature are amplified: The crisis is enhancing digital interconnectedness that engenders empathy, better awareness of the ills facing humanity and positive public action. On the flip side, some individuals, cities and nation-states will become more insular and competitive as survival mode kicks in. Xenophobia, bigotry and closed communities will also increase.