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Re:Programmer interrupted: The cost of interruption and cont... by gumby on Thursday April 06, 2023 @08:16AM (#35467303)
> I decided there and then that cubicles has material benefits over open offices.

The cubicle was invented in the 60s as a way to liberate people from the tyranny of the open plan office (just look at film from before then — say, “The Apartment” —- and you’ll see the open plan was the norm.

It’s a shame that the cubicle itself became a tool and exemplar of anomie.

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