We already do see those four hour works days, though. You said it yourself - your days average around four hours of work. The rest is idle. It gets burned in od

We already do see those four hour works days, though. You said it yourself - your days average around four hours of work. The rest is idle. It gets burned in odd ways at the office, but if you were at home, and burned those same amounts of time with walks and naps and whatnot, you would have the same level of productivity. This article really makes it hit home that offices and the modern meeting culture that stems from them are the problem, not our output of work. Remote work with async communication is exactly what the article describes.