There's a difference between s#%*posting (frowned upon) and irony made with the potential to spawn thoughtful discussion. In this case, the joke is a sarcastic way of asking "does the thesis generalize to modern knowledge work?"
So please don't post comments pretending to know the intent of someone else's post.
And to be fair, I am likely going to be working on some new software projects that I wouldn't work on in the office, where I will be interrupted constantly when I'm not in meetings.
So please don't post comments pretending to know the intent of someone else's post.