That's the vibe I'm getting from 2021 because it's going to be such a year so packed with good and bad stuff that it'll definitely shape up humanity.
It's certainly going to be a different year from the usual (2020 was basically a social experiment).
If people don't get bored of this virus lark and start ignoring it like most other barely lethal events then at current rates of rollout even with generous assumptions for increasing capacity and required levels of uptake... yeah next year is going to be much of the same, possibly even 2022, and a decent chunk of 2023. Even more fun if one of these mutations actually becomes something to properly note by being properly lethal, properly unpleasant, harming the young, dodging the existing vaccinations ...
This also means the small businesses (which represent a significant chunk of the economy, employment, societal advancement and redistribution of wealth to local areas rather than major business in financial sectors or warehouse types) are going to go pop, even more so if they believed the lies that they only have to hold out a few more months for things to get back to normal and budgeted accordingly.
Even without that the hangover from this year on the financial front is going to be considerable and last for way more than next year.
Whether we are in line for a die off of the rich people (most of those being born and earning big in the 50s, 60s and early 70s -- even if the current plague of choice does not get them then they are still in line for a natural death) quite yet I don't know but the start of the ramp up, which also means the businesses that represent their wealth get given over to the layabout kids (or indeed even the grandkids) that don't know anything (stats on businesses lasting a handover, never mind two, are not great).
Even without that a population inversion will probably start to happen in earnest and all the old people will need to be cared for, China probably getting a really fun one there thanks to one child policy and if they are to be the world's factory after a fashion (I doubt any of their oriental puppets are going to spin up in time, and I doubt any of the US establishment even last go around had the stones to properly take them on, this time firmly in pocket seems to be the order of the day)...
Might give a nice shock to the housing supply though. If you can lay hands on some funds then could get something quite cheap, though plenty of investment firms will likely hold that higher than what the price would otherwise be (the long term on that one make even bitcoin fanatics look like people trading holiday money for a profit).
Depending upon where you are in the world there will probably be the start of a little collapse or invasion of those fleeing it (New York and California seem to be having a good time, Texas then getting that invasion, many US cities probably still smoking ruins following the summer riots, UK who knows (not London will probably continue to be shafted but same as usual, London might pull of transition to proper international money laundering establishment rather than money laundering + access to Europe what also speaks English), various parts of Europe are not looking so healthy, Russia is not exactly going from strength to strength, China covered elsewhere, Australia tied to China) though this might not become apparent next year, or at least not until way late in it.
Major political events are kind of on the back burner, though these days it seems one election just means time to formally unveil the prep for the one after. That said regional politico types are probably going to get kicked in the head a bit following a poor show this last year or two.
Most political setups are barely half supported and because it serves a purpose rather fractured rather than just mildly different takes on risk assessment and allocation of funds. Even among those there then barely competent at very best seems to be the order of the day -- as a politico back when they might be a Machiavellian sociopath but they still could be relied upon to be aware of maths, human nature, have the pulse of society and key elements within it and thus afford something resembling a workable plan and outcome you could deal with. Any one of those would be a big ask these days it seems.
like a 250 dollar kit back when DDR4 was Intel only
