ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER LOCKDOWN
Just heard today that Hawaii is once again under “lockdown” for at least two weeks. Concern is being voiced everywhere, but mainly from middle class and small independent businesses, the two lifebloods of the USA, the folks who are primarily responsible for innovation and ultimately pay the bills. If a government fails to offer effective leadership, hope and solutions to the poor (a social obligation), the middle-class (the primary taxpayers who pay for the government) and small independent businesses (a major source of innovation and taxes), it’s time to…what? Riot? Replace the government? Nope, it’s time to critically re-examine the social and business infrastructures. I believe that COVID-19 is a shot across the bow, a warning, a brief respite during which we have the opportunity to re-examine, update and replace old and outdated infrastructures before the next COVID comes our way, and come it will, whether it is another COVID pandemic, flu, climate change, toxic waste, critical loss of wildlife and plants (that includes food and recreation) or outright war.
Like what? Let’s start with small independent businesses. Old, outdated infrastructures include (1) providing sales and services based on the “mass effect” (we need effective business infrastructures that switch to provision of individualized, one-on-one, non-crowd sales and services approaches); (2) securing the internet, publicly exposing and removing internet businesses that don’t offer legitimate one-on-one contact service; (3) securing new modes of transportation that by their nature will “socially distance” riders; (4) approaches that de-emphasize and replace the “need” for “liability insurance” and professional lawyers; (5) systems that providing more “in-the-client’s-house” sales and services; (6) working to eliminate private automobiles and petroleum-based solutions, at least in Hawaii, with purely solar-based solutions; (7) providing regular, free, online business “conferences” where small business innovations can be presented to larger corporations based on the concept of “purchasing new innovations;” (8) emphasizing work-at-home and “workations” as alternatives to concentrated “downtown” workplaces; (9) move away from an “increasing profit” modality to quality-based business…need I go on? What can youth do other than riot? What can citizens do other than replace the government? This is what both can do in a positive way to help revive our nation. Once again, in my opinion, the problem isn’t really COVID-19, but the need to rethink and update infrastructure in politics, public ethics, transportation, health care, education and, yes, small business, the lifeblood of innovation and America, in anticipation of future medical, social and political disruptors.
Sincerely and With Greatest Respect for Our Nation,
Raymond Gaynor
Author of THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020)
Co-author with A. G. Hayes of QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016) and with William Maltese of TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009)
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The Edge of Madness
Like what? Let’s start with small independent businesses. Old, outdated infrastructures include (1) providing sales and services based on the “mass effect” (we need effective business infrastructures that switch to provision of individualized, one-on-one, non-crowd sales and services approaches); (2) securing the internet, publicly exposing and removing internet businesses that don’t offer legitimate one-on-one contact service; (3) securing new modes of transportation that by their nature will “socially distance” riders; (4) approaches that de-emphasize and replace the “need” for “liability insurance” and professional lawyers; (5) systems that providing more “in-the-client’s-house” sales and services; (6) working to eliminate private automobiles and petroleum-based solutions, at least in Hawaii, with purely solar-based solutions; (7) providing regular, free, online business “conferences” where small business innovations can be presented to larger corporations based on the concept of “purchasing new innovations;” (8) emphasizing work-at-home and “workations” as alternatives to concentrated “downtown” workplaces; (9) move away from an “increasing profit” modality to quality-based business…need I go on? What can youth do other than riot? What can citizens do other than replace the government? This is what both can do in a positive way to help revive our nation. Once again, in my opinion, the problem isn’t really COVID-19, but the need to rethink and update infrastructure in politics, public ethics, transportation, health care, education and, yes, small business, the lifeblood of innovation and America, in anticipation of future medical, social and political disruptors.
Sincerely and With Greatest Respect for Our Nation,
Raymond Gaynor
Author of THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020)
Co-author with A. G. Hayes of QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016) and with William Maltese of TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009)
Author website at https://garymartine.yolasite.com/raym...
Author Facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/raymond.gayn...
Author Twitter site at https://www.savantbooksandpublication...
Amazon author page at https://www.amazon.com/Raymond-Gaynor...
Amazon Goodreads author page at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Savant Books and Publications | Aignos Publishing author page at https://www.savantbooksandpublication...
Distributed by Savant Distribution at https://www.savantdistribution.com/
The Edge of Madness
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