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5:30 pm, June 8th, 2020 - 12 comments
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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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shouldn't that be 0? 🙂
I think its level 1. But such a good day.
I couldn’t decide so when I threw a dice, that’s the number I got.
we 1
W00h00!
An interesting test of our ability to move towards our future is underway at the moment.
Business leaders want government and council to require staff to return to working from the office.
Yet working from home was always an alternative in the fast broadband era and staff have now experienced this in practice.
It has so many positives – saves time commuting, prevents congestion during the peak hours (reducing the need to build more roads, more resources for other things) – but results in less customers for inner city hospitality and retail. And thus business wants government or council to do something.
In an irony, private sector employers might well take greater heed of staff preferences. And thus business leaders do not mention them at all.
One sensible response is to allow staff their own choice, including flexible working hours at the office and a mix of home and glide time at the office (with some work hub hub collaboration time scheduled in as essential office time). Thus staff have easier commutes – bike on a good day, bus or train with spare space out of peak time another. Then staff would work days they planned meet-ups at a cafe, some retail, a film or a restaurant in the evening.
Forcing people to commute at peak times is inane. It's so 20th C.
Exactly. In satellite suburbs such as Porirua (where it seems near 40% of public servants live) having even half of them work from home on the regular would be a boon to local cafes in the area. Managers could make the weekly/fortnight trip from Wellingon to justify their middle management existence support cafes outside of Wellington. Mojo might have a reason to branch out given it doesn't exist outside of the Wellington CBD.
But that's forward thinking and as such, is anathema to many managers over the age of 45 who have infected the public service..
I'd like to hear govt offering support for city centre businesses to relocate rather than trying to force other workers to go back to old commuting patterns.
I agree with the last sentence. But there are sociological aspects to mixing with colleagues and getting out into the world. If a couple are obliged to spend 24 hours together for too long, they will get more than cabin fever. But an attendance plan will result in happier workers, more like in the Jetsons! Some days at home, some at work, and glide-time and better public transport.
https://www.jpost.com/international/scientists-find-link-between-covid-19-severity-and-genetics-630413
The article also included the variety in strains. Some resulting in much greater viral load than others. This may explain the theory that the coronavirus is weakening with more cases with less viral load.
https://www.jpost.com/international/scientists-find-link-between-covid-19-severity-and-genetics-630413
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/top-nz-immunologist-backs-theory-covid-19-losing-potency-could-become-common-cold-virus