03-15-2021, 02:12 AM
(03-14-2021, 11:02 AM)David Horn Wrote:(09-05-2020, 10:03 AM)David Horn Wrote: Never ones to let a crisis go to waste, big business will restructure to maintain their depleted workforce in remote locations. This has a dual purpose: to lower costs in general (real estate, on-site maintenance, etc.) and keep any potential worker backlash from organizing.
I'll add more later.
This is now being noticed by the mainstream press and most politicians (even some Republicans). Don't equate that with impending action, but recognition is a necessary precursor to any that may occur.
I would be delighted to work remotely to keep my costs down. Office space is far cheaper in some places than in others (and if I am to be a solid worker, I must have a dedicated office and equipment... which might be comparatively inexpensive and primitive). I am on the autistic spectrum, and people can tire of me fast after they get to know me. It is best that my office politics be limited to dedicating my coffee break to a dog-walking break.
This may be one way to revitalize cities that used to have vibrant economies (Rochester, New York circa 1980) that do not have them now. High technology allows deconcentration of the overall economy. Sure, part of this deconcentration may require that I visit some high-cost community on occasion to keep in touch. But do I really need to live in New York City? No. Maybe Traverse City in the summer and San Antonio in the winter.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.