I had lunch with a friend at Google and noticed that quite a few Googlers had their families coming in to have lunch with them. It seemed nice that people got t

I had lunch with a friend at Google and noticed that quite a few Googlers had their families coming in to have lunch with them. It seemed nice that people got to see their families in the middle of the day for an extra meal. I think that's one example where it was actually quite a nice way of balancing out the work day. That's one example, although I mostly share your view. I don't imagine that deep intertwining of work and personal life is necessarily a good thing.