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Charlie Warzel, Anne Helen Petersen: Out of Office (Hardcover, 2021, Knopf) 4 stars

I agree completely (almost)

4 stars

This book reminds me of Peopleware, another totally ignored and now forgotten treatise on white collar worker conditions that I completely agree with. But it's not just about the convenience (and safety, and economics, and climate friendliness, and inclusiveness, and accessibility...) of remote work, it's about changing the way we view work and life, and even how we build cities. As they admit, it gets a bit touchy feely there, and there's the usual blame-capitalism (I don't see a list of socialist remote workers paradises) and glossing over human nature (most of the startups I've seen, which don't make the news, are essentially vanity projects by people who like to have minions they can see huddled around the open office picnic tables). But I admire the scope and historical treatment, and of course the part that I agree with.