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Travel brings people to the same time zone, you cannot replicate that with technology. If you want to have a week-long meeting with large group of people from a
by noyesno 5y ago
Travel brings people to the same time zone, you cannot replicate that with technology. If you want to have a week-long meeting with large group of people from all around the globe, a face-to-face meeting is the only efficient option.
The only substitutes are asynchronous communication methods (emails etc.) and those are much slower than dealing with people in "real-time".
- 01100011 5y agoWhat about jet lag? You can fly someone to the same time zone, but you can't immediately make their brain work on local time. Personally, I'm happier waking up at an odd hour to jump on a video conference than I am spending 24+ hours commuting to accomplish the same thing. Also, I'm not generating tons of CO2 in the process.
- noyesno 5y agoThe solution is to fly in a day or two early. Meeting starts on Monday, you'll land on location on the previous Saturday. If you have to reverse your sleeping cycle for 8h video calls happening at your night-time for 5 days, I don't really see how that is any better than suffering from jet lag for a day or two.
- f6v 5y agoI’m trying to schedule a regular meeting with a guy in South Korea. With a 7 hour difference it’s always such a hassle.