Homework: the future of the office
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The Economist
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🗓️ 14 September 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Truth is, humanity can save itself and our planet. |
| 0:04.2 | And right, it's this very moment there's someone who's taken on that challenge. |
| 0:08.3 | Better Heroes is a show from the global EY organization, about the untold stories of |
| 0:13.0 | entrepreneurs devoting their lives to impactful innovation. |
| 0:17.4 | In our first season, you'll hear about powerful groundbreaking solutions to climate catastrophe, |
| 0:22.6 | global unemployment, food insecurity, and social inequality. |
| 0:26.8 | Subscribe to Better Heroes wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:56.8 | All flu seems to have vanished. That might explain why some countries have not had as many |
| 1:01.5 | deaths during the pandemic as might be expected. |
| 1:06.6 | And Comrade Doik, who died earlier this month, was the first high-ranking Khmer Rouge |
| 1:11.7 | official to go on trial for his role in Paul Potts' massacres in Cambodia. |
| 1:17.0 | Trained as a mathematician, he built a pyramid scheme of cruelty, with each tortured prisoner |
| 1:22.2 | expected to incriminate eight others. |
| 1:26.5 | But first. |
| 1:35.8 | For decades, self-styled visionaries and people fond of their pajamas have made the case |
| 1:41.2 | that a lot of work done in large shared offices could better be carried out at home. |
| 1:47.0 | With COVID-19, that debate was put to the test in a huge and sudden experiment. |
| 1:55.1 | Now in most places lockdowns are easing, and while governments and companies are trying |
| 2:00.0 | to lure people back to the office, many are resisting. |
| 2:03.6 | They argue they're happier and more productive right where they are. |
| 2:08.4 | Like millions of others, staff at the economist have spent the last six months working from |
| 2:15.1 | home. |
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