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Seems weird to admit you haven't read the article and are just commenting on the headline and speculating, while at the same time asking another user to summari

Seems weird to admit you haven't read the article and are just commenting on the headline and speculating, while at the same time asking another user to summarize it for you and compare it to other articles that you also likely haven't read. The burden of being dismissively argumentative is so low, and engaging constructively takes so much time, that discussions become dominated by comments like yours and eventually everyone who wants to engage constructively leaves.

Clubber 4y ago
>Seems weird to admit you haven't read the article and are just commenting on the headline and speculating Why does it seem weird? I'm not trying to deceive anyone. I didn't ask for discussion, I was just stating an opinion. I openly admitted it was completely speculative by the wording I used, but I haven't changed my mind. >At this point, I'm betting this was a paid for study and article by a group interested in keeping corporate real estate values up. I'll suspect most articles before this point were too. I would also guess that some of the people who were arguing with me probably didn't read the article either, at least at the time they retorted. Perhaps if they did, they could tell he how this article was different from all the others recently. I suspect it's just more of the same. FWIW, I have read other articles, and they all seem contrived as if they were planted to sway opinion. "Office cooler talk is invaluable," is one of the talking points. "Communication is invaluable in an open office," also seems pretty suspect. I haven't experienced either of these. The most productive environment I've ever worked in was when I had an office, or shared an office wither another person. I'm certainly not the only person with this experience. "WFH makes you more likely to be outsourced," is another threatening talking point. The newest one is "WFH makes you more likely to be replaced from AI." I guess this one is, "for God's sake, think of the junior developers!" I've been around the block and working professionally for a while. I've read thousands of articles in my adult lifetime over 20+ years. Just based on life experience, all these arguments seem contrived to me. You might differ in your opinion. Here's an article about how Google pays for research to shield against regulation. Know who has a lot of commercial real estate? Google. Just an example. https://www.wsj.com/articles/paying-professors-inside-googles-academic-influence-campaign-1499785286 https://www.wsj.com/articles/paying-professors-inside-google...
- amrocha 4y ago
  It's weird because you're asking people to do work for you, when you haven't done any work yourself. Commenting without reading leads to poor quality discussions, where one side has no intention of changing their mind. I will not reply to this thread anymore.
  - Clubber 4y ago
    It's paywalled. That's the third time I've stated it but you seem to want to ignore it. I feel you are arguing in bad faith. I suggest you read the community guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Clubber 4y ago

>Seems weird to admit you haven't read the article and are just commenting on the headline and speculating Why does it seem weird? I'm not trying to deceive anyone. I didn't ask for discussion, I was just stating an opinion. I openly admitted it was completely speculative by the wording I used, but I haven't changed my mind. >At this point, I'm betting this was a paid for study and article by a group interested in keeping corporate real estate values up. I'll suspect most articles before this point were too. I would also guess that some of the people who were arguing with me probably didn't read the article either, at least at the time they retorted. Perhaps if they did, they could tell he how this article was different from all the others recently. I suspect it's just more of the same. FWIW, I have read other articles, and they all seem contrived as if they were planted to sway opinion. "Office cooler talk is invaluable," is one of the talking points. "Communication is invaluable in an open office," also seems pretty suspect. I haven't experienced either of these. The most productive environment I've ever worked in was when I had an office, or shared an office wither another person. I'm certainly not the only person with this experience. "WFH makes you more likely to be outsourced," is another threatening talking point. The newest one is "WFH makes you more likely to be replaced from AI." I guess this one is, "for God's sake, think of the junior developers!" I've been around the block and working professionally for a while. I've read thousands of articles in my adult lifetime over 20+ years. Just based on life experience, all these arguments seem contrived to me. You might differ in your opinion. Here's an article about how Google pays for research to shield against regulation. Know who has a lot of commercial real estate? Google. Just an example. https://www.wsj.com/articles/paying-professors-inside-googles-academic-influence-campaign-1499785286 https://www.wsj.com/articles/paying-professors-inside-google...

amrocha 4y ago
It's weird because you're asking people to do work for you, when you haven't done any work yourself. Commenting without reading leads to poor quality discussions, where one side has no intention of changing their mind. I will not reply to this thread anymore.
- Clubber 4y ago
  It's paywalled. That's the third time I've stated it but you seem to want to ignore it. I feel you are arguing in bad faith. I suggest you read the community guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html