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The History of Remote Work
A look back before we zoom too far into the future...🚀
#FutureOfWork #WorkforceFuturist
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https://t.co/4SxOJDx8HG
What % of working adults in the UK will 'work from home exclusively' in July 2021?
About 75% of this group of #superforecasters say more than 10% but less than 20% (the red line in the graph below)
@superforecaster
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https://t.co/3fhFR1lXFy
“We tend to overestimate the effect of the technology in the short run and underestimate for the long run”
Roy Amara
Our predictions tend to be made through foggy Zoom goggles and constrained by the Gregorian calendar.
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Remote Work Isn’t New
In Britain from the 1600s to the mid-19th century work did not take place in factories but in people’s houses.
Workers made dresses, shoes, and matchboxes in their kitchens or bedrooms.
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Some predictions from people in 1921 who were asked
“what will happen in 2021?”
đź“ş streaming entertainment into our homes
đźš— electricity powers our wheels
đź“š books will read to us
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A look back before we zoom too far into the future...🚀
#FutureOfWork #WorkforceFuturist
Thread (1/10)
https://t.co/4SxOJDx8HG
What % of working adults in the UK will 'work from home exclusively' in July 2021?
About 75% of this group of #superforecasters say more than 10% but less than 20% (the red line in the graph below)
@superforecaster
Thread (2/10)
https://t.co/3fhFR1lXFy
“We tend to overestimate the effect of the technology in the short run and underestimate for the long run”
Roy Amara
Our predictions tend to be made through foggy Zoom goggles and constrained by the Gregorian calendar.
Thread (3/10)
Remote Work Isn’t New
In Britain from the 1600s to the mid-19th century work did not take place in factories but in people’s houses.
Workers made dresses, shoes, and matchboxes in their kitchens or bedrooms.
Thread
Some predictions from people in 1921 who were asked
“what will happen in 2021?”
đź“ş streaming entertainment into our homes
đźš— electricity powers our wheels
đź“š books will read to us
Thread