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Is it not so that the progress of technology will ultimately define the evolution of the workspace? Be that remote or office based. You only have to glance at bleeding edge operating room technology now to see how the former (tech) leads the latter (in this case, better outcomes for complex surgical challenges). It’s all in the equipment, which ultimately puts the people using it first.

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Yes - that makes sense. Historically we could only add technology in a fixed place of work where the task was predictably repetitive ... think robot on a production line.

Then we added tech in mobile places of work - but still predIctatively repetitive ... think bin lifters on recycling trucks

Now we are adding tech in mobile places of work - but much less predicatively repetitive - think autonomous trucks - and as we get better at having teach that doesn’t need as much predicative repetition - this moves to things like cars (airplanes - then trucks on freeways - finally cars in cities?)

So agreed. And then more ... eg

ROI constraints - if I can do brain surgery remotely / and in some places better with a machine than a person - I sure can cut someones hair - but the RoI is not currently there!

and then the move that is occurring from replacing 'tasks' to 'creating' - think DALL-E, Midjourney and even Unreal engine ... all early days - but you can see it.

It's that term 'work space' I keep wondering about.

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This just in from a friend in email:

"Funny how quickly we forget the minerals that need to be mined and the real-world interactions that are needed to make computers meaningful!"

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