clinging to the wreckage

 During the pandemic our species was given an opportunity to evolve rapidly. We had a chance to assess all that had come before us and to change, dramatically, for the better. We were given the chance to eradicate commutes and uncomfortable lack of privacies. But then the doomers set in… ‘we had to suffer and so should you. I had to wake up at 4am, put a suit on, then walk 25 miles over a snowy mountain inhabited by dragons and vampires to get to the office at 8am.’ Yes, I am Generation X, I have suffered, too, and that is what makes me even more determined that younger generations should have flexibility and the best possible life. Give people a choice and ease their lives. Give them work/life balance. Retain and attract talent. Increase engagement across the board. Stop worrying about where work is done, focus on productivity and let’s work to build a better life for everyone. The Campion Trail, my backyard, Las Colinas, Texas, USA.

 Everything is mediocre and futile. The return to office madness, led by madmen and obeyed by the hopeless. The government’s endless persecution of immigrants and administrative workers… but, even worse, their pursuit of the destruction of science and education. The people on LinkedIn whose profiles read ‘founder of three companies’ (why would that be your headline?) and those on tiktok/youtube/etc claiming that they are always the hard working ones in a relationship but the relationship always fails due to the other person, just like they get fired from every job they ever have… but it is always the company’s fault. And then the companies who all seem to run with a tiny group of people trying to deliver while a massive group of people ask them when they will deliver and how and when… and all the people chasing don’t seem to be in contact with each other, so they all overlap and ask the same questions… but they never contribute to any solutions. ‘Is he there?’, he asks. But wh...