Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever
by netcan on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:32PM
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It is pondersome.
I think I disagree though. I don't think it's replaceable, unless we're replacing work. With remote work we'll be replacing office culture with online office culture, not hobbies. I suspect they'll inherit some of the problems.
Where we spend huge amounts of time interacting with others that we never choose is what most of our major social structures are. Family, tribe, village, parish.
Work happens to be our most important social structure besides family. It the one that grants you your privileges and titles, so to speak. You can't just replace it with a hobby. Hobby's take much less of your time and have much lower stakes. To be more engaged with what's going in a minor part of your life than a major one.... it's not healthy, IMO.
I'm not crying over office culture getting lost. We can't get rid of it, that's the problem.
I think I disagree though. I don't think it's replaceable, unless we're replacing work. With remote work we'll be replacing office culture with online office culture, not hobbies. I suspect they'll inherit some of the problems.
Where we spend huge amounts of time interacting with others that we never choose is what most of our major social structures are. Family, tribe, village, parish.
Work happens to be our most important social structure besides family. It the one that grants you your privileges and titles, so to speak. You can't just replace it with a hobby. Hobby's take much less of your time and have much lower stakes. To be more engaged with what's going in a minor part of your life than a major one.... it's not healthy, IMO.
I'm not crying over office culture getting lost. We can't get rid of it, that's the problem.