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> There isn’t an app to fix this. Well, we could make it socially important to make remote work possible. The geographic concentration of tech thought and cult
by humanrebar 9y ago
> There isn’t an app to fix this.
Well, we could make it socially important to make remote work possible. The geographic concentration of tech thought and culture has been at least partly intentional.
Early internet culture seemed eager to do exactly the opposite. The inefficiencies of colocation were problems ripe for innovation.
If tech workers could live in small towns more easily, they'll have middle-class-squeeze conversations with friends and family, not just overhear other people having these conversations at local shops when they visit.
- irq11 9y agoWe could also make it socially important to spread the tech industry across the US, instead of trying to cram everything in the eastern third of San Francisco.
- Animats 9y agoWell, we could make it socially important to make remote work possible. The trouble with remote work is that if everything you do goes in and out over a wire, much of it can probably be automated. Remember call centers? Phone support?