“The office is a containment facility designed to keep you away from actual life for 40+ hours weekly”
Agree
- Literally fenced in during prime daylight
- Commute wastes additional life hours
- Can't live while imprisoned at desk
- Architecture designed for control not productivity
Disagree
- Collaboration requires shared physical space
- Office provides structure many people need
- Social connection happens at workplaces
- Remote work has its own isolation problems
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