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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Dougherty via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] subways, was: RE: A potential COVID-19 vaccine<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 9:50 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We are reminded. It’s really pretty simple. Now we know: spread out, reduce risk.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…We need the "remote" work from home to continue as the new normal for those who can…Now i save 10 frustrating hours per week connecting to the same servers from my house...I feel like we are on the verge of cementing this new norm. …<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I guess soon many will have to make a choice… Mike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A well written commentary by Mike Dougherty, thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Clearly there are big savings available to those companies which embrace remote work vs those which do not: you can save a ton of money on office space, office supplies, yakkity yak, the employees save time, wear on their cars if they drive, risk of death if they ride a subway, etc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I could see a new order of things, where remote-work companies pressure the old rigid nine to fivers aside. I can imagine a lotta societal benefits to the plan, with few drawbacks, but I will ask please the following question. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The benefits to the expansion of remote working are obvious, but what is the downside?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>