The remote work piece by Sean Blanda's that's making the rounds is not only very flawed, but risks distracting us from the more pressing real risks about a fully remote workforce.
(Original piece here: https://www.seanblanda.com/our-remote-work-future-is-going-to-suck/)
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The biggest root risk with remote work is that workers might become more atomized, less closely socially connected to other workers. And this could be bad in several ways.
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In the already overly-individualistic and socially disconnected US, removing the "default layer" of socialization and connection of an in-person office might send some further down the path of loneliness, lack of social support networks, less engagement in community, etc.
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