Interesting to see mitigation of passing noise be casually mentioned as an obvious requirement. It feels significant that, as we've shifted more of the economy

Interesting to see mitigation of passing noise be casually mentioned as an obvious requirement. It feels significant that, as we've shifted more of the economy to knowledge work, we've placed less of an emphasis on the physical conditions that allow people to work without disturbance. Cubicle farms felt cramped and busy, but I look back at films and TV negatively portraying cube life, and think it looks pretty good compared to open plan offices now.