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Working from home is the future

Just noticed the video posted in this sub where Musk says that working from home is “morally wrong.” This reminded me of what Deleuze said decades ago. That we're going to have more freedom by working from home and getting rid of what he called 'control societies.' “It may perhaps be so in 50 years time. Yes that is certainly the future. Workshops and factories are cracking at the edges. Is it worth subcontracting more and working from home? Because you know that control societies will no longer pass through places of confinement [e.g. schools, companies]. We should watch them closely to see the themes which are given birth to, those which develop over the next forty or fifty years for they will explain how great it would be to pursue both school and a profession. It will be very interesting to see what the identity of schools and professions…


Just noticed the video posted in this sub where Musk says that working from home is “morally wrong.” This reminded me of what Deleuze said decades ago. That we're going to have more freedom by working from home and getting rid of what he called 'control societies.'

“It may perhaps be so in 50 years time. Yes that is certainly the future. Workshops and factories are cracking at the edges. Is it worth subcontracting more and working from home? Because you know that control societies will no longer pass through places of confinement [e.g. schools, companies]. We should watch them closely to see the themes which are given birth to, those which develop over the next forty or fifty years for they will explain how great it would be to pursue both school and a profession. It will be very interesting to see what the identity of schools and professions will become with constant training which is our future.”

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_hifamdISs&t=51s

Deleuze also says if you're trapped in the dream of the Other, you're f#cked. And that's what Musk and the like try to do – to sell some corporate dream to force people to fight for their servitude as though it's the ultimate salvation.

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