What I learned by living without artificial light

Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by spurcell93 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:38AM (#16932223)

Ah, the old, if you don't like it go somewhere else argument employed by privileged capitalists everywhere.

"People who are worried about the negative conditions at Uber shouldn't drive for Uber! It's not anyone's problem that those conditions are negative. "

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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by pc86 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:48AM (#16932326)

Nobody here is talking about sexual harassment, discrimination, or anything of the sort. Nobody is defending those.

But being present for a daily meeting during normal working hours is a pretty low bar to meet. Not everyone can meet that bar! That's fine. Not everyone can do every job. If you have some medical, psychological, socioeconomic, or ideological reason why you can't be present for a meeting from 9:00-9:10 Mon-Fri, it's not a violation of your human rights to suggest maybe you can't do whatever that job is.

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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by mbrock on Thursday April 26, 2018 @11:36AM (#16932819)

I don't care about morning meetings as a bar to meet; I just think they're almost always useless or harmful.

Luckily I now work remotely, set my own hours 100%, and collaborate asynchronously with no daily synchronization points.

I could rush off to an office at the exact same time every morning... but why? It

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