Along those lines, there’s a “Hidden Brain” episode that addresses a study that a company in China did in the last year on remote workers. It’s pretty interesting, especially the social aspects of what they discovered.
You can fast-forward in to about 11:00 or 12:00 when the segment on this starts: https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/when-you-start-to-miss-tony-from-accounting/ <https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/when-you-start-to-miss-tony-from-accounting/> -D > On Dec 4, 2020, at 8:09 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I've been thinking that the current situation of almost all virtual work > (for those that can do so) is a losing proposition in the long term. I'm > not sure when the impact will be felt, but eventually the work-place > relationships will shrivel up into superficial and shallow relationships, > and the trust and social cohesion needed to keep an organization vital and > energized and innovating will slip. Companies / workplaces that maintain > in-person environments will gain the advantage. Perhaps some companies > will develop business models that allow them to remain competitive, but I > fear that those models will be brutal for the 'workers' and heavily benefit > the company and its leadership. Man is a social being, and there will be a > price to pay for reducing workplace social contact. > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 1:48 AM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> If we still have the Internet and virtual processes used during COVID, do >> we >> really need markets and exchanges in big cities? Why can't all that be >> virtual from wherever? With online banking, investing, etc. I think we are >> close to that now. There is, however, a serious drawback in reduced >> social >> contact: https://biggeekdad.com/2016/12/the-millennial-question/ >> >> The traditional retirement investment was to have kids who can take care of >> you in old age. If we, as a nation, continue to have too few children it >> won't matter how much gold or dollars the old geezers have; there will be >> no >> care-givers to hire, at least not American ones. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Allan Streib via Mercedes >> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are >> >> I get the sentiment but we need both unless we revert to pure subsistence >> living. Farmers absolutely need commodities markets in Chicago and New >> York, >> for example. Anyone with any substantial assets needs insurance. Anyone who >> wants income to retire on needs investments. >> >> ... >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
