[mwcampbell]

> You are quite literally built to sense an infinite amount of subtle bits of signal from your fellow humans.

Some of us are less able to do this, and remote work levels the playing field for us. In theory, it would be even more level if we went all-text.

[jka]

All-text working environments, basic guaranteed income, universal healthcare, generous holiday/vacation time, zero/near-zero delivery time pressure, and perhaps asynchronous work structures where people don't feel they have to sit at their desk all day to "show attendance" -- but instead are notified well-in-advance about contributions they can make (and what is expected in terms of work output) because the project tasks have been well-planned and designed.

(that's not to say there won't be discussions and clarifications required as work progresses -- and those could involve replanning and nearer-synchronous realtime conversation -- but those can often be handled using text as well)

[shukantpal]

It doesn’t level the playing field. All it really does it cut off the limbs of the better ones.