Scenarios about 'remote work'
The practice of employees working from locations outside of traditional office environments, enabled by telecommunications technology. Remote work gained historical significance during the early 21st century as digital infrastructure advanced, with dramatic acceleration during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. In alternate history scenarios, different technological development timelines or social conditions could significantly alter when and how remote work became normalized in various societies.
What If Distance Education Never Evolved?
Exploring the alternate timeline where distance education remained in its primitive correspondence form, never developing into online learning, potentially altering global educational access and the pandemic response.
What If Remote Work Became Common Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where remote work became widespread in the early 2000s, transforming urban development, technology adoption, and the fundamental nature of employment decades before the COVID-19 pandemic.
What If The COVID-19 Pandemic Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where SARS-CoV-2 never emerged or was contained early, preventing the global COVID-19 pandemic that reshaped society, economics, and international relations.
What If The COVID-19 Pandemic Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the SARS-CoV-2 virus never emerged, sparing the world from the devastating global pandemic that reshaped society, economics, politics, and public health systems.
What If the COVID-19 Pandemic Never Happened?
Examining how global politics, economics, technology, and social trends would have developed differently without the profound disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
What If Remote Work Became the Permanent Global Standard?
Exploring how cities, economies, family structures, and social dynamics would transform if the COVID-19 pandemic led to a permanent shift to remote work as the default employment model worldwide.