“Lockstep” Written 10 years ago chronicles how to bring the world down with a pandemic | This report was produced by The Rockefeller Foundation

China’s government was not the only one that took extreme measures to protect its citizens from risk and exposure. During the pandemic, national leaders around the world flexed their authority and imposed airtight rules and Restrictions, from the mandatory wearing of face masks to body-temperature checks at the entries to communal spaces like train stations and supermarkets. Even after the pandemic faded, this more authoritarian control and oversight of citizens and their activities stuck and even intensified. In order to protect themselves from the spread of increasingly global problems — from pandemics and transnational terrorism to environmental crises and rising poverty — leaders around the world took a firmer grip on power.

At first, the notion of a more controlled world gained wide acceptance and approval. Citizens willingly gave up some of their sovereignty — and their privacy — to more paternalistic states in exchange for greater safety and stability. Citizens were more tolerant, and even eager, for top-down direction and oversight, and national leaders had more latitude to impose order in the ways they saw fit. In developed countries, this heightened oversight took many forms: biometric IDs for all citizens, for example, and tighter regulation of key industries whose stability was deemed vital to national interests. In many developed countries, enforced cooperation with a suite of new regulations and agreements slowly but steadily restored both order and, importantly, economic growth.

Across the developing world, however, the story was different — and much more variable. Top-down authority took different forms in different countries, hinging largely on the capacity, caliber, and intentions of their leaders. In countries with strong and thoughtful leaders, citizens’ overall economic status and quality of life increased. In India, for example, air quality drastically improved after 2016, when the government outlawed high-
emitting vehicles. In Ghana, the introduction of ambitious government programs to improve basic infrastructure and ensure the availability of clean water for all her people led to a sharp decline in water-borne diseases. But more authoritarian leadership worked less well — and in some cases tragically — in countries run by irresponsible elites who used their increased power to pursue their own interests at the expense of their citizens.

By 2025, people seemed to be growing weary of so much top-down control and letting leaders and authorities make Choices for them.

Wherever national interests clashed with individual interests, there was conflict. Sporadic pushback became increasingly organized and coordinated, as disaffected youth and people who had seen their status and opportunities slip away — largely in developing countries — incited civil unrest. In 2026, protestors in Nigeria brought down the government, fed up with the entrenched cronyism and corruption. Even those who liked the greater stability and predictability of this world began to grow uncomfortable and constrained by so many tight rules and by the
strictness of national boundaries. The feeling lingered that sooner or later, something would inevitably upset the neat order that the world’s governments had worked so hard to establish. •

TECHNOLOGY IN LOCK STEP

While there is no way of accurately predicting what the important technological advancements will be in the future, the scenario narratives point to areas where conditions may enable or accelerate the development of certain kinds of technologies.

Thus for each scenario we offer a sense of the context for technological innovation, taking into consideration the pace, geography, and key creators. We also suggest a few technology trends and applications that could flourish in each scenario.

Technological innovation in “Lock Step” is largely driven by government and is focused on issues of national security and health and safety. Most technological improvements are created by and for developed countries, shaped by governments’ dual desire to control and to monitor their citizens. In states with poor governance, large-scale projects that fail to progress abound.

• Scanners using advanced functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology become the norm at airports and other public areas to detect
abnormal behavior that may indicate “antisocial intent.”

• In the aftermath of pandemic scares, smarter packaging for food and beverages is applied first by big companies and producers in a business-to-business environment, and then adopted for individual products and consumers.

• New diagnostics are developed to detect communicable diseases. The application of health screening also changes; screening becomes a prerequisite for release from a hospital or prison, successfully slowing the spread of many diseases.

• Tele-presence technologies respond to the demand for less expensive, lower-bandwidth, sophisticated communications systems for populations whose travel is restricted.

• Driven by protectionism and national security concerns, nations create their own independent, regionally defined IT networks, mimicking China’s firewalls. Governments have varying degrees of success in policing internet traffic, but these efforts nevertheless fracture the “World Wide” Web.

The prediction about blood shed in Nigeria was Thwarted by President Goodluck Jonathan...

The same should be done again

kikero, the goal is that by 2026, Nigeria will break-up. It is from the smoldering ashes that the globalist will mop up Nigeria into the globo-homo empire ruled by Zionists.

Righteousness89:
The prediction about blood shed in Nigeria was Thwarted by President Goodluck Jonathan...

The same should be done again

Lockstep is looking real with the way our senseless government is acting out the globalist script.

They are playing with fire as they think our tolerance is a sign of weakness.

Let them pass their satanic NCDC bill and then force us all to take Bill Gates' poison that is when they will know the fury of the people.

The incoming revolution will not know, nationality/tribe, political affiliation or religious creed. It will be us versus them.

BUMP

Thanks for reposting this.
When I chop bellyful, I go read that document.

But FFk predicted Nigeria breakup, 'say Na before 2025.

Proudly conspiracy theorist....

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̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶s̶o̶v̶e̶r̶e̶i̶g̶n̶t̶y̶ ̶—̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶v̶a̶c̶y̶ ̶—̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶p̶a̶t̶e̶r̶n̶a̶l̶i̶s̶t̶i̶c̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶e̶x̶c̶h̶a̶n̶g̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶g̶r̶e̶a̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶a̶f̶e̶t̶y̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶.̶ ̶C̶i̶t̶i̶z̶e̶n̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶l̶e̶r̶a̶n̶t̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶e̶a̶g̶e̶r̶,̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶o̶p̶-̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶d̶i̶r̶e̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶g̶h̶t̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶d̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶t̶i̶t̶u̶d̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶o̶r̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶s̶a̶w̶ ̶f̶i̶t̶.̶ ̶I̶n̶ ̶d̶e̶v̶e̶l̶o̶p̶e̶d̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶i̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶h̶e̶i̶g̶h̶t̶e̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶k̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶m̶s̶:̶ ̶b̶i̶o̶m̶e̶t̶r̶i̶c̶ ̶I̶D̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶c̶i̶t̶i̶z̶e̶n̶s̶,̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶e̶x̶a̶m̶p̶l̶e̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶i̶g̶h̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶r̶e̶g̶u̶l̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶k̶e̶y̶ ̶i̶n̶d̶u̶s̶t̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶d̶e̶e̶m̶e̶d̶ ̶v̶i̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶n̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶e̶s̶t̶s̶.̶ ̶I̶n̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶d̶e̶v̶e̶l̶o̶p̶e̶d̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶i̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶e̶n̶f̶o̶r̶c̶e̶d̶ ̶c̶o̶o̶p̶e̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶u̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶n̶e̶w̶ ̶r̶e̶g̶u̶l̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶a̶g̶r̶e̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶s̶l̶o̶w̶l̶y̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶s̶t̶e̶a̶d̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶t̶o̶r̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶o̶t̶h̶ ̶o̶r̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶,̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶o̶r̶t̶a̶n̶t̶l̶y̶,̶ ̶e̶c̶o̶n̶o̶m̶i̶c̶ ̶g̶r̶o̶w̶t̶h̶.̶ ̶A̶c̶r̶o̶s̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶v̶e̶l̶o̶p̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶l̶d̶,̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶e̶v̶e̶r̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶y̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶d̶i̶f̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶—̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶v̶a̶r̶i̶a̶b̶l̶e̶.̶ ̶T̶o̶p̶-̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶a̶u̶t̶h̶o̶r̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶k̶ ̶d̶i̶f̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶m̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶d̶i̶f̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶i̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶h̶i̶n̶g̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶l̶a̶r̶g̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶p̶a̶c̶i̶t̶y̶,̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶i̶b̶e̶r̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶e̶n̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶d̶e̶r̶s̶.̶ ̶I̶n̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶t̶f̶u̶l̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶d̶e̶r̶s̶,̶ ̶c̶i̶t̶i̶z̶e̶n̶s̶’̶ ̶o̶v̶e̶r̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶e̶c̶o̶n̶o̶m̶i̶c̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶u̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶q̶u̶a̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶l̶i̶f̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶c̶r̶e̶a̶s̶e̶d̶.̶ ̶I̶n̶ ̶I̶n̶d̶i̶a̶,̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶e̶x̶a̶m̶p̶l̶e̶,̶ ̶a̶i̶r̶ ̶q̶u̶a̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶d̶r̶a̶s̶t̶i̶c̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶r̶o̶v̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶6̶,̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶v̶e̶r̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶l̶a̶w̶e̶d̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶-̶ ̶e̶m̶i̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶v̶e̶h̶i̶c̶l̶e̶s̶.̶ ̶I̶n̶ ̶G̶h̶a̶n̶a̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶r̶o̶d̶u̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶m̶b̶i̶t̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶g̶o̶v̶e̶r̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶g̶r̶a̶m̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶r̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶i̶c̶ ̶i̶n̶f̶r̶a̶s̶t̶r̶u̶c̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶e̶n̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶v̶a̶i̶l̶a̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶c̶l̶e̶a̶n̶ ̶w̶a̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶h̶a̶r̶p̶ ̶d̶e̶c̶l̶i̶n̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶w̶a̶t̶e̶r̶-̶b̶o̶r̶n̶e̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶e̶a̶s̶e̶s̶.̶ ̶B̶u̶t̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶u̶t̶h̶o̶r̶i̶t̶a̶r̶i̶a̶n̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶d̶e̶r̶s̶h̶i̶p̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶—̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶s̶e̶s̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶g̶i̶c̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶—̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶r̶u̶n̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶i̶r̶r̶e̶s̶p̶o̶n̶s̶i̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶e̶l̶i̶t̶e̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶i̶n̶c̶r̶e̶a̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶p̶u̶r̶s̶u̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶e̶s̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶n̶s̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶c̶i̶t̶i̶z̶e̶n̶s̶.̶