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Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by jonfw on Friday October 29, 2021 @09:45AM (#29038313)
If you're a proponent of written communication- you'll argue that 100 'turns' of written communication will have significantly more valuable discussion than 100 turns in a meeting. Most of the turns in a meeting can usually be avoided by a google search beforehand
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Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by sokoloff on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:39PM (#29040578)
Totally true. There are many cases where even 2 or 3 turns of written comms beats 100 of spoken (and I'm one of the biggest proponents of written work and async work at my company).

But there are situations where speed of alignment matters more than the specific direction of alignment and other situations where the nature of humans requires a live, synchronous discussion. I couldn't build a relationship with my family using only written feedback and requests.

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