The world after corona according to trend forecasters

„It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)“ - this R.E.M. hit song seems more than appropriate in view of the worldwide wave of social isolation and lockdowns as preventive measures in the fight against the coronavirus. The chorus ends in “and I feel fine” and that is what trend forecasters are currently predicting: That the world as we know it is dissolving. Instead of returning to normality, our lives and thinking will change, to a time before and after corona, but that's okay. “Could it be that the virus has changed our lives in a direction that we wanted to change anyway?,” asks German trend and future forecaster Matthias Horx.