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by branchless 3688 days ago
I wonder would this reshape our world or just make it a little different.

I don't want to get from Montreal to NY in 40 minutes. Or 10.

I want to be able to live somewhere where I do not have to commute because tech has solved remote working. I don't want them to make me travel further for the same time.

For example were they to build radial hyperloop around NY it's just more of the same drudgery. Only now bigger.

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...but how do we get to remote working without crushing isolation? Can tech solve that problem?

Can tech solve the problem of getting a coffee with a couple of coworkers and feeling connected to them in a way that helps the technical argument two months from now?

Can tech solve the "Do I have my coworker's undivided attention or are they multitasking and ignoring me" problem?

Can tech solve the "I'm in the room with my boss and he can't ignore that I'm a human being" problem?

We are social creatures. A slack conversation isn't the same, and I don't think a VR conversation will be the same, especially with further distances. Do we say that everyone must live within 1,000 miles?

Let me deal with the crushing isolation. Give me the choice.
you already have the choice if you're willing to make some sacrifices.