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		Animats on Nov 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Curse of the Modern Office Why haven't we hit "peak office workers" yet? The US hit peak factory workers in 1979. We have all this information technology and yet we still have all these people in offices.

draw_down on Nov 25, 2016 [–]

The article goes into some detail as to why this may not result in an improvement in sustainability.

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