[LINK] Re: The Next Ten Years

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Brendan Scott wrote:
> Glen Turner wrote:
>> On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 08:55 +1000, Tom Worthington wrote:
> 
>> I suppose my question is -- why do you think there will still be
>> an office as we know it today?  With better communications
>> technologies and higher travel expenses and time why won't those
>> how can do work from home.
>>
>> We've already seen the move by a lot of workers to establish a
>> second office at home. I'm suggesting that this will become the
>> primary office for a lot of people.
> 
> Without saying that won't happen, there is the issue of the need of most people for social interaction, so I am not convinced about this. 
> 
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I agree with Brendan about the role of workplaces providing a key place of 
social interaction and identity - particularly for men. I don't think this is 
much different between the coal miners, timber cutters or business executives.

Women tend to adjust better to new environments - this is an observation, but I 
would guess would be supported by the correlation between retirement and 
death/major heart attacks or death of a wife followed by death of a husband. 
This might give a clue into why JWH is sticking around.

Marghanita
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