First-order effects are bad, but second and third order are going to be amazing. If people don't want to cross borders to come together, there'll be more hybri

First-order effects are bad, but second and third order are going to be amazing. If people don't want to cross borders to come together, there'll be more hybrid conferences. More hybrid conferences will spur development of more remote-presence technology. And more remote-presence technology will allow inclusion of people who can't travel for financial, mobility, or even family reasons. In other words, this will lead to more participation in human progress by more people from more countries with socioeconomic status as less of a barrier.