Read Pt. 2: Americans might never come back to the office, how Twitter is leading the charge

Mind of Micah

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🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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35% of the American workforce is now working from home, up from 2% before the pandemic. What does this mean for the future of American life, and how is twitter leading the way? That's what we're exploring in today's Read of the Week. Check out the Read of the Week Newsletter: https://micahwiener.substack.com/ Read the piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/twitter-work-from-home/?arc404=true&utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F2be1d16%2F5f75fcaa9d2fda0efb3ac48c%2F5d2e3536ade4e233e5babfd3%2F13%2F72%2Fe2b2d3c27caa4b197005f4d8d7ef9208

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Mind of Micah.
0:05.0	Today we bring you part two of Micah's Reed of the Week, this piece about working from home.
0:13.0	Americans might never come back to the office and
0:16.0	Twitter is leading the charge.
0:17.0	It comes from the Washington Post.
0:19.0	It's a discussion of how the pandemic has ushered in a work-from-home era and the fundamental changes
0:28.0	it's made to American society and the planning that Twitter had to make it happen two years ago.
0:34.0	In part one we scratched the surface and talked about a few things.
0:41.0	Today is part two.
0:43.4	Thank you for joining me.
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1:04.5	3926, 634, ask a question.
1:07.9	The newsletter link is in the description to this podcast.
1:11.9	Okay, on to part two. We finished last week with the amazing statistic
1:19.3	according to a Stanford University professor that 35% of full-time US labor forces still
1:25.8	working remotely compared to just 2% before the pandemic, which is
1:30.6	astounding. While accelerated by the pandemic,
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