How Forced Self-Isolation Might Change Life and Work

We are going through a major transformation.

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Suddenly, there are all these people on the streets. Some go for a jog, others walk their dogs at 2pm, or drink beer.

What are they doing? They are all sitting at home. They are working from home, and their time is free.

And even though I shouldn’t be surprised by this change — I (almost) always lived this way — watching all those people makes me think what’s happening to the world right now.

What we call «reality» is nothing but what we’re used to.

Nobody worked 9–5, for five days a week and took two days off 300 years ago.

People were craftsmen and artisans, they worked from home and made things.

Their time was free. They didn’t leave their house to go to «work». Instead, people came to them — to buy books, cloth, binoculars, and everything else.

Their house was their home and their shop.

Suddenly, the Industrial Revolution happened.

Then Ford came along some 100 years later. The assembly line appeared. People went off to work at a factory.