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As long as companies are run by human there will be politics, favoritism, subjective impressions, subjective biases, and "out of sight, out of mind" selective memories.

This paragraph kind of falls under "Never attribute to malice what is readily explained by stupidity."

Those organic conversations may not happen in Slack but they can happen online. Most people don't actively foster them and many people may not know how.

Not knowing how isn't proof it can't be done. Lots of things are currently happening in the world that were just science fiction not that long ago.

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>Not knowing how isn't proof it can't be done.

Human interaction skills falls into the category of things that knowledge doesn't even remotely guarantee outcome.

You can teach a group of socially awkward and introvert people an entire 4 years course of how to be a charismatic socialite and most of them still won't become one.

> Lots of things are currently happening in the world that were just science fiction not that long ago.

And lots of things are still happening in the exact same way it has happened for thousands of years. Technology can very often amplify human instincts, but it will very rarely undo them.

>You can teach a group of socially awkward and introvert people an entire 4 years course of how to be a charismatic socialite and most of them still won't become one.

That’s why I’m not missing out on the A-team bullshit by working remotely, I wasn’t the type to land it when I was in the office. I ate lunch at my desk and got the fuck out when I was done for the day. I’m not wired for all of that.

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, as long as you are happy and you get what you want out of your job.

My entire argument is that for most people, they will unlikely be having their cake and eat it too. But if you never cared for eating cake, then all the powers to you.

My primary issue working from home is that I actually love cake. I'm still up about fifteen pounds from when I would head into the office every day. :)

I think you stated your point well and I can't disagree with it at all. Something about this subject just gets me spun up.

> You can teach a group of socially awkward and introvert people an entire 4 years course of how to be a charismatic socialite and most of them still won't become one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdhEIy-1CG8

(Very vulgar language in the video, but it makes the point well.)

> Not knowing how

How? Genuinely want to know

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