2020-22 Disruption

The great disruption of 2020-22

In 2020-22, the unprecedented lockdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic started at the time of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of 2020 and continued during the Saturn-Uranus squares of 2021-22. 

The crisis caused a dramatic shift towards digital platforms and apps which became indispensable to continue economic and social activity during the lockdowns: 

•  Working from home became the norm for millions of office workers. The use of videoconferencing and online collaboration tools for online meetings has made computers more indispensable than ever. 

• Online shopping and entertainment greatly benefited digital platforms such as Amazon and Netflix.  

Another major phenomenon was the disruption of the semiconductor industry in two different ways: 

• The global supply chain of semiconductors, completely dependent on Asia and particularly on Taiwan, was disturbed. This caused majors shifts in public policy by the United States. As a result, the taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC is currently building a major production plant in Arizona. 

• In 2020 Apple started transitioning their computers towards their own power-efficient M1 systems on a chip. As a result, Intel lost its position as the leading supplier of microprocessors for personal computers. 

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