And this observation relates heavily to social issues, rather than those that are purely economic or whatever. When not working in an academic capacity, I do quite a bit of consultancy. I wouldn't be at all surprised if that the face-to-face method of delivery I've pretty much always adopted is probably gone now, or at least will be massively scaled back. The upshot of the current situation, once the worst of it comes to an end, is that people will be travelling less, working from home more, and (I expect) have much reduced enthusiasm and appetite for meeting strangers. What this all equates to, is basically the end of my current way of doing things.
This is not necessarily a bad thing at all tbh. But it will be a change, and a big one at that. For me, and for loads of other people, it will not be a case of simply shifting everything online (although that will be a big part of it), but to create entirely new services and products etc. that can be delivered online. Using Zoom/Teams/Google Hangouts or whatever will not be as fun as the traditional way of engaging people, but it is the future.
There will of course be a need to maintain face-to-face interaction for all sorts of things, because some things just can't be delivered/communicated as effectively online. Teaching, the other big part of my job, is one such example. But these things will be more and more scaled back and/or done differently. The idea that everything will go back to being "normal" is absolute pie in the sky.
