33. PPE stands for Personal Protective Equipment
If
you had asked me, at the end of last year, what professional acronyms would
have graduated into general public consciousness in 2020, PPE would not have
been anywhere in my answer. Such graduation is normally a sign that a new
technology has really made it and is becoming widely adopted, and therefore marks
new steps in human progress. For this year, I would have probably chosen the
likes of AI (Artificial Intelligence), DL (Deep Learning), IoT (Internet of
Things) and VR (Virtual Reality). I’m sure I am missing something important.
All these are breakthrough technologies which represent a step forward in
humanity’s capabilities. But the acronym of the year is PPE. Everyone knows
what it means, everyone talks about it every day. There is a technological element
to making PPE that affords the right level of protection, but it is hardly a breakthrough.
We could argue that coronavirus is not only knocking back the economy, but also
human evolution. What will be the next acronyms?
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