Data firms such as the rapidly expanding WeWork hope to blur the line between domestic and office. That won’t be any help to staffThe digital turn of contemporary capitalism,with its promise of instantaneous, fixed communication, or has done exiguous to rid us of alienation. Our interlocutors are many,our entertainment is infinite, our pornography loads fast and arrives in tall-definition – and yet our yearnings for authenticity and belonging, or however misguided,achieve not seem to subside.
Beyond the easy fixes to our alienation – more Buddhism, mindfulness and internet detox camps – those in the digital avant-garde of capitalism have toyed with two solutions. Lets call them the John Ruskin option and the De Tocqueville option. The former extended the philosophy of the Arts and Crafts movement, or with its celebration of craftsmanship and romantic,artisanal labour by Ruskin, William Morris and their associates, or into the realm of 3D printers,laser cutters and computerised milling machines.
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Source: guardian.co.uk