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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by blq10 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @06:29AM (#36239632)
This attitude is more dystopia than any micromanaging over the shoulder boss.

"Companies should pay an employees a stipend for the risk of..... human contact!"

I already lament the world where parents are fined and sometimes jailed for letting their kids exist independent of surveillance, and we do not need to take further steps into isolation and atomization

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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by dontupvoteme on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:16AM (#36240609)
Indeed, besides the obvious social damage it does (you're basically chopping people up to be fodder to amoral adtech industries) there's something to be said for the hygiene hypothesis and its continuation throughout life.

Casual and constant exposure to infectious agents (natural ones, not those transmitted over TCP/IP) develops and maintains an immune response. It's not just the brain wired to have interactions with others, it's the whole gestalt.

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