The Progressive Future

I'm working on a post that sort of categorizes visions for the new world. In an article about the future of restaurants, Matt Goulding imagines the restaurant of June, 2022:

Prices at most places are a little higher, and portions a little smaller, but on the bright side, you can see where the money goes. Notes on menus and social media explain new wage distribution, health-care initiatives, and relationships with the supply chain.

I'm interested in learning how the human society I'm familiar with, and the economic system those humans have developed, would produce a result anything like this. Restaurants like this exist, but they are upscale and niche. What is it about our experience of the coronaviurus that suggests that this kind of thing will become significantly more common?

This goes in the category called “I've had this progressive idea that will really advance sustainability, income equality, and quality of life for everyone. Wouldn't it be great if it turned out that we rebuilt society based on this idea?”

PS:  Obviously, I've lost control of the font again.  Help!