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In your view, have recent events changed the way people around the world view your country? If so, can you give any examples?
This large encampment of tent dwellers is in a park in my town right next to the county governmental office building. I think people around the world are shocked and dismayed, as I am, at the increasing number of unhoused people in this country, and the rise in extreme income disparity. People once viewed the USA as a prosperous country where poverty and wealth inequality were less dire than most countries, a place where a full time worker could afford to live comfortably. Now scenes like this are common in many cities and towns across the country. We have increasing numbers of people living in tents next to streets where Teslas and other signs of wealth are a regular sight. People who once envied us now shake their heads in disbelief and comment that this used to be a much better place.
October 22, 2021
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How do you imagine life will be different when the pandemic is over? Have your thoughts on this changed since the pandemic began?
I used to think that life would go back to being how it was before the pandemic, but I don't think that anymore. I think it will always be different even if it is not always like it is now. Of course, life changes constantly as that is what life is, change. If it is not changing it is static and the only static state for living things is for them not to be living anymore, ironically. I think we will continue to have lots of telehealth from now on, I think there will be more things done by computer, I think there will be less interaction and less socializing.
November 9, 2021