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The social destructiveness of WFH |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Nov 29 12:51:51 2024 From Slate. Not a publication I particularly like but this article is totally on-point.Money quote: Throughout the pandemic, the media focused on the idea of the “urban doom loop,” in which remote work would kill downtowns, triggering a downward spiral of reduced services that would cause people to leave cities. What went overlooked has turned out to be the bigger and even more consequential story: the human doom loop, a cycle in which people stop connecting in real life, reducing the quality of in-person activities and the physical realm itself, further discouraging IRL activities, and so on. Nearly five years after the pandemic, it’s not the real estate we need to worry about. It’s us. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Nov 29 18:34:11 2024, in response to The social destructiveness of WFH, posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Nov 29 12:51:51 2024. Some people are fine without constant social interaction. Especially work related.People who work from home can still socialize. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Nov 29 18:52:31 2024, in response to Re: The social destructiveness of WFH, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Nov 29 18:34:11 2024. In fact there is probably an uptick in social things to do.Yoga. Bars. Crossfit. Running groups. The Museum Train is a great way to socialize if that's your thing. |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Nov 29 22:57:37 2024, in response to Re: The social destructiveness of WFH, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Nov 29 18:52:31 2024. While there may be many things WFH'ers can do, the idea I got from the article is that if you're at home working all day it's easy to fall into a mindset in which you find it easier to stay in most of the time and lose social contacts. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Nov 30 00:21:07 2024, in response to Re: The social destructiveness of WFH, posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Nov 29 22:57:37 2024. I think WFH is making people seek social interaction.Yoga or the gym. Bars. Church groups. Naturally social people will be just that. People who like to be alone will do the same. |
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Re: The social destructiveness of WFH? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Nov 30 03:24:33 2024, in response to The social destructiveness of WFH, posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Nov 29 12:51:51 2024. Plenty of room to bring back manufacturing, then. When are you running for public office? |
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Posted by AlM on Sat Nov 30 08:37:36 2024, in response to Re: The social destructiveness of WFH, posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Nov 29 22:57:37 2024. There's no doubt that companies need most of their white collar employees to be there much of the time.There is no evidence that they need all of their employees to be there all of the time. |
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