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by tylerjwilk00 2052 days ago
Reducing wasteful polluting plane travel is a bonus not a bug.

The "space" dimension is so overrated when it comes to meetings.

If that is the only thing that has been keeping cities together then they're doomed.
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refurb 2052 days ago
Assuming you remove all "wasteful" travel, you're still causing more pollution living away from a major hub. Instead of a non-stop SFO to JFK flight, now you're taking a 1 hr Uber (or driving yourself) to a local airport, then taking a connecting flight to SFO.
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tylerjwilk00 2052 days ago
You're still in a bubble. Taking a flight for a business meeting is wasteful. Full stop.
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refurb 2051 days ago
You’re clearly extrapolating your own experience to everyone. And have never done sales.

Doing meetings, serious meetings, over Webex sucks balls.

If your some developer who never has to talk to anyone, then sure, your unproductive team meetings don’t have to be in person.

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