Yes! So sad I have scroll so far down to see this. There is a huge risk here that we will be isolated more than ever, and yet more dependent upon other unseen actors---the contrast between these two phenomena is one of downsides of capitalism in practice, and this can crank it up.
Here are some crucial steps we must take in defense:
- Make sure working with non-employees is legal: no non-disclosure agreements saying you can't work in coffee shop or other shared space because of potential of overhearing. This would be the best hope
- Towns or cheaper cities, not exurbs. People must know their neighbors better if they know their coworkers less. Time spent walking around the office must be replaced with time spent walking elsewhere.
- More Aggressive anti-trust. If labor becomes more balkanized, capital must also be.
- Workers on boards. Like Germany, if you grow past a certain size this needs to be mandated.
Notice the last two point to the two healthy solutions: decentralized small businesses economy vs giant co-op socialism. The point is to basically all institutions must score high enough on the sum decentralization or democracy, and that the total of the two is far more important then the relative merits of each.
Here are some crucial steps we must take in defense:
- Make sure working with non-employees is legal: no non-disclosure agreements saying you can't work in coffee shop or other shared space because of potential of overhearing. This would be the best hope
- Towns or cheaper cities, not exurbs. People must know their neighbors better if they know their coworkers less. Time spent walking around the office must be replaced with time spent walking elsewhere.
- More Aggressive anti-trust. If labor becomes more balkanized, capital must also be.
- Workers on boards. Like Germany, if you grow past a certain size this needs to be mandated.
Notice the last two point to the two healthy solutions: decentralized small businesses economy vs giant co-op socialism. The point is to basically all institutions must score high enough on the sum decentralization or democracy, and that the total of the two is far more important then the relative merits of each.