Open Thread Update: Your Hopes and Predictions for 2021
Last time, we invited readers to send in their hopes, dreams and predictions for 2021. So far, so good!
“…a new art and literature genre reflecting life during the corona virus will flourish.”
-Beatrice
Several people mentioned their hope that the vaccine will be more easily available, so that things can get back to normal, like this reader…
“I look forward to the summer when I hope I can socialize and travel more.”
-Carol
Others took a longer view of their hopes for society, citing global warming and social media as their focus in 2021.
We’ll keep our comments open for a while to allow readers more time to consider what they predict or hope to see in 2021. (Just remember to keep it civil!)
Virge Randall is Senior Planet’s Managing Editor. She is also a freelance culture reporter who seeks out hidden gems and unsung (or undersung) treasures for Straus Newspapers; her blog “Don’t Get Me Started” puts a quirky new spin on Old School New York City. Send your suggestions for Open Threads to her at editor@seniorplanet.org.
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Well, in the early stage of Stalinism (or rather just before full Stalinism), new art and literature flourished. Not for long. Something to look forward …
My hope is that our economy gets back on track for the millions unemployed and that somehow, someway we might get this pandemic under control. My fear is that because so much time was wasted initially, its going to be a long, hard crawl back to normalcy, taking a year or longer.
I was so hopeful for 2021 but we’re not even into the second month and I seem to be getting sad
I try to do a lot of zoom
got my vaccines as I am older and a healthcare worker
things were looking up but now seeing all the politicking and ill will towards each other the loss of morals
has been very demoralizing and depressing wish there was someway we seniors could all stand up and fight for the intrinsic values of faith religion and truth that should be the foundation for our democracy
Maybe politics is not something I should discuss during in this forum but politics and morality are so important to all of us
Well, it’s difficult to be optimistic when elections are stolen, one pretending to be party system stops pretending, purges and show trials start, etc.
A country between water and water and no war on its soil shouldn’t be in this condition.
I predict that a new art and literature genre reflecting life during the corona virus will flourish.
Well, in the early stage of Stalinism (or rather just before full Stalinism), new art and literature flourished. Not for long. Something to look forward …
Given the events at the beginning of January, 2021, I am fairly confident that our exit from 2021 in December will end up at least incrementally better…maybe more…
Social media platforms are behind the untruths and provocations. They are main supporters of Antifa, BLM, Jihad, etc.
I have no hope for the country of idiots.