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In addition to the distance, there is also the mask an important tool in the fight against corona. But what about it after the pandemic? For Matthias Horx, founder of the Zukunftsinstitut with locations in Frankfurt am Main and Vienna, this is clear: “It will hardly stay,” he says, justifying this with the culture of showing or covering one’s face. “In Asia that fits the cultural code, here it doesn’t.” There must be a recurring infection process for years before we get used to it in everyday life, explains Horx.
Futurologist Opaschowski sees the mask more as a new part of a “society of long life”. It says: “Without health awareness, almost everything is worthless.” The good life begins with compliance with health and hygiene rules. Anyone who has to allow too much proximity on the train, bus or plane “prefers to wear a mask,” explains Opaschowski.
Home office and mobile work: What do we have left at work?
The orphaned one is also a symbol of the Corona crisis Open plan office . Keeping your distance works best when you are alone in the Homeoffice is working. Will we work as before after the crisis? No, because there are already companies that allow their employees to decide where and when to work.
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It shows “which companies have a constructive culture of trust and which have a culture of mistrust,” says futurologist Horx. He is certain that the “New World of Work” (English: New Work ) Creating work and organizational structures “that lead away from the classic 9-to-5 presence cultures”. Private and professional life continued to converge and grow together, explains Opaschowski. That makes a work-life balance more realistic. In Horx’s opinion, companies that have flexible offers for the interaction between work and private life will be successful.
Sports grouch: what will happen to the fitness facilities?
Since the beginning of the pandemic, many Germans have moved less – and gained weight. This is the result of a survey by the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine at the Technical University of Munich with the opinion research institute Forsa. Accordingly, around 40 percent of those surveyed have on Weight gained – on average 5.6 kilograms. In addition, a good half (52 percent) move less.
One reason could be closed Gyms and Swimming pools be. What remains is running or a trend sport : the hula hoop is just celebrating a comeback. Stand-up paddling (SUP for short) also became a mass phenomenon in the Corona year. Hiking experienced a renaissance – especially among young people – which prompted Visit Berlin spokesman Christian Tänzler to say: “Hiking is the new clubbing.”
This is no wonder for futurologist Horx. “All nature sports are booming because we have to move out of the-in-the-apartment-and-staring-at-the-screen in the crisis,” he says. “The crisis has intensified the longing to experience nature, which can also be seen in the increased importance of the ecological.” In his opinion, flexible team sports and “spiritual” sports beyond competitive sports will be popular in the post-Corona period – such as yoga, jogging or hiking.
Holiday habits: do we stay at home more often now?
The coronavirus is changing ours Vacation. Arrivals and departures, for example, are more likely to be by car than by plane. This is confirmed by a survey by the auditing and consulting company PwC Germany . With around 68 percent, the car comes first as a means of transport. Aircraft follows in second place, with 35 percent considering a flight in 2021. When it comes to travel destinations, Germany leads with 46 percent, ahead of other European countries (33 percent).
Futurologist Opaschowski describes vacation as “the most popular form of happiness”. People want to experience that again after long deprivation. Even if they would have to travel differently to do so, says Opaschowski. Colleague Horx explains that although there will still be a cheap and entertainment sector in the future, sustainable “Conscious Traveling” will grow significantly. Opaschowski does not see that travel could be over completely: “Mobility has been a primordial human need throughout human history.”
School and education: what remains of the “digitization push”?
The Corona-Crisis met the German Education System like a hammer. Schoolchildren and students as “digital natives” have often known and used electronic devices at home since childhood. On the other hand, the educational institutions were put to a hard test, showing considerable gaps and weaknesses. A study by the University of Göttingen, for example, shows that every second school does not offer WiFi for pupils. More than 2000 teachers at secondary level I and II were surveyed nationwide.
Futurologist Opaschowski believes that the pandemic will boost digitization. “Digital will be completely normal,” is his prognosis. Hybrid forms of learning between online and face-to-face have a great future ahead of them.
The digitalization as a panacea for German education? Horx brakes: The mistake of this debate is that one believes that it can generally improve education. “Education is always an interpersonal dimension,” says Horx. Since, in his opinion, learning is primarily a personal encounter, he describes the formula “digital learning” as “nonsense”. “In truth, we only learn analogously because the human brain, the person themselves, is not a computer. We can use digital aids, but we should be careful not to depersonalize learning.”
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