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"While geographic proximity has proven itself in the past and in today’s current state, is it something that will be a critical deciding factor for innovation in the near future? A number of factors besides the concerns over the coronavirus and the rising constraints over immigration are potentially reducing the necessity of geographic proximity."

"Indeed, predicting the present and the future direction of society is virtually impossible. In many respects, how we individually respond to this global pandemic will impact the collective and ultimately the choices we make as a society in the coming months. "

"Restarting the growth economy will take more than lifting shelter-in-place orders. It will mean rebuilding the ecosystem and environment to reignite businesses and individuals to take long-term risks again. Indeed, rebuilding consumer confidence will be the hardest it has ever been."

"With so many small businesses dying due to lack of government support, the dreams and ideals of millions of creatives are being snuffed out. It is not only those small business owners and their employees who are being directly impacted but those creatives whose ideas and concepts are only now forming."

"From a social and economic structure perspective, we as humans have built up our current society based on conformity rather than adaptability. Rules and regulations are designed to ensure not only compliance but conformity as well...Unfortunately, though, the technological change that we have seen over the past number of decades is fundamentally causing a rethink of the underpinnings of the social framework."

"If we focus specifically on entrepreneurship, the fundamental question that drives the conversation of who can be an entrepreneur is whether or not it is an innate characteristic or whether it can be taught. While this question has always been a much discussed topic, particularly as entrepreneurship has taken flight over the past several decades, it increasingly is an important one as society transitions to a 'new normal'."

"while everyone focuses on big technology companies with their financial war chests and how these companies are influencing the economic system, we need to start paying attention to how the economic system can be re-balanced to help the small scrappy startup that definitely does not have the financial resources of the more established companies."

"While strides have been made in terms of business models and technology that has allowed startups to serve smaller market segments, there is still a long way to go. This, unfortunately, means that we continue to have both startups and corporations push the majority of its consumers toward profitable uses cases while intentionally ignoring edge cases. The question then becomes how long does this last and can it last?"

"One of the biggest initiatives that we can all undertake whether as an individual or as a society is to find the ability to continue to respect one another regardless of individual differences..."

"Whether it is remote work flexibility, better work culture and more meaningful work, employees are increasingly demanding their employers treat them less like widgets and more like individual human beings. One could argue that the trend was a long time in coming..."