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Did you mean that he overestimated social progress? Consider that he'd already moved to Sri Lanka in the 1950s, ostensibly out of his love for diving. He was p
by saltcured 4y ago
Did you mean that he overestimated social progress?
Consider that he'd already moved to Sri Lanka in the 1950s, ostensibly out of his love for diving. He was primed to see the benefits of WFH and telecommunication, and certainly able to exploit the flexibility in his own life and career.
Ironically, with his adventurism and individualism, perhaps his imagination was too limited to think that many people are self-limiting. The companies you speak of are not abstract entities forcing the poor humans to live unwanted lives. They are the people---identifying with the rituals of office life and demanding conformance from one another.
- yogthos 4y agoI'm saying that he overestimated how quickly our society would adapt to the possibilities created by technology. Companies are not abstract entities, but the rituals aren't decided upon democratically. Companies are run like medieval fiefdoms where a small group of people at the top rules by fiat over the company. This problem would be much easier to solve under cooperative ownership model where such decisions can be made collectively be the people doing the work.