But that is the crux of the problem, isn't it? The company loves such people, and it soon becomes the DNA of the place. The finance industry and Silicon Valley

But that is the crux of the problem, isn't it? The company loves such people, and it soon becomes the DNA of the place. The finance industry and Silicon Valley are emblematic of this malaise. It leaves no time for reflection, no white space to leave a considered life. People become hesitant to leave work early because of the optics. I once saw an interview of a British trade union leader reply to a BBC journalist about his anger with immigrants. He said unions had battled for decades to work saner hours, to have time for football, to spend time with their friends and families, and for children to not work. They had got all this codified into law and labor practices, and now the immigrants were upending all this work by skirting laws and acceptable work practices