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Mountain_Skies
Sounds like a $10 billion plan to get companies to self-destruct and lose their labor to competitors.
stjohnswarts
This was the exact point I made to the friend who sent the article to me earlier :) .
silisili
I started asking this question at interviews, if they demand webcams be on and/or track employees, despite that it might make me look flaky.

Luckily every company was a bit confused, and said no, we don't do anything like that.

So I think it's still mainly something we read that scares us, for now...

tonyarkles
I have met exactly one person who proposed doing that… during their interview for a potential VP Engineering role. And allegedly it was used quite broadly at the organization they were leaving.

The conclusion was “no hire” for other reasons, but we (the CEO and I) definitely had a chat afterwards about how invasive and weird that was.

ehPReth
paywall bypass?
pleb_nz
Ublock origin and disable JS on mobile works well
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pleb_nz
Maybe I dont understand, but if you have to be there virtually, why not just be there in person on a video meeting
ilrwbwrkhv
Nobody will use this nonsense. At this point we need to just let this guy burn his billions and disappear.
jl2718
This seems to be on the long arc of a dominant trend. It could be awful, but so are a lot of things we now accept as normal. My concerns about VR are essentially depicted in “Wall-E”, but I also wonder if there is a forward direction that resolves to a more positive view of the future. Could this technology shorten the work day, and promote physical activities and social presence elsewhere? Mark has certainly found ways to include vastly more physical recreation in his own life recently. My guess is that he’s shifting focus away from the dominant trend of gaming, toward ideas about using it at work because of his new personal preference for outdoor activity. I don’t want to judge this too quickly. The current environment at most workplaces is not great, and It’s possible that this direction will be better.