Go beyond the stifling confines of the 8 hour day. Why do we congregate in offices? The majority of the work we do today is knowledge work and does not rely on in person interaction. It made sense back in the day when most work was done on paper and the paper had to be passed around, but now virtually everything is electronic. So why are we still gathering in caves (cubicle farms) to pass around a bunch of bits? Remember back in the day when Larry Ellison asked why we sold software on disks in physical boxes? That model has all but disappeared.
Lots of people will give you BS reasons about water cooler talk and camaraderie. I say it's just old school command and control refusing to die. Sure, telecommuting is on the rise, but it's still a fraction of the workforce. Why? The gasoline savings alone are staggering. Quality of life would increase, air quality would improve, commuting traffic would become a thing of the past. Families could spend more time together. The money is leaking out of the country as globalization accelerates. Moving to a largely office-free economy would save trillions and allow businesses to compete more effectively in the future. More importantly, making telecommuting the standard for work would give average Americans something they haven't had in a long time - a concrete improvement in their lives. On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > http://theskooloflife.com/wordpress/8-hour-work-day/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332000 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
