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My wishlist is: 1. Kill the panopticon (open offices) 2. Employers should bear the cost of ALL commuting The panopticon is truly dystopian, and whenever I’m i
by hn_version_0023 5y ago
My wishlist is:
1. Kill the panopticon (open offices)
2. Employers should bear the cost of ALL commuting
The panopticon is truly dystopian, and whenever I’m in one, the hair on the back of my neck never lays flat. I feel watched (because I am) and it isn’t pleasant.
Forcing employers to bear the costs of commuting would really up-end things. We’d all be working from home really damned quickly, and I suspect there’d be massive gains for the environment, climate change, etc.
- 29083011397778 5y agoYou think removing a massive cost of ownership will reduce America's useage of large SUVs and pickups?
- hn_version_0023 5y agoIt’ll definitely reduce usage in people’s commutes, which is all I’m really claiming. But no, that guy with the raised truck, rolling coal? Hell no, he’s gonna die before you take his toy away. Edit: tbh, I think if corps are footing the bill for commuting, it’ll be mass transit for 95% of us. Your employer won’t buy you a Ford F350 superduty to get to work. Maybe you’re gonna get a Honda Fit. Maybe. More likely a bus pass.