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Wait, they are going to return to cubicles in 2030? Sounds awesome ;)


Nah it’s going to be more like those standing seats that some low-cost airlines have been planning for a while. That’s more than enough for you and your headset. The very best workplaces will also provide a small elliptical bike at your feet.

There will be fewer and fewer of us in years to come, but real estate doesn’t grow on trees!


They can make electricity with your pedalling. Like a dystopic hamster wheel powered office. All bodily functions can be monetized


While I generally subscribe to the philosophy of "if you're good at doing something then never do it for free", but my company is welcome to my shit for free.


First they will run it through some sort of analytics to sell the results to biomedical information-tracking companies for aggregate data:

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/the-wild-story-of-how-gut-...

Next - they will take the resulting "output" physical mess and turn dump it into a methane fuel-generating waste-treatment plant.

If that still doesn't make enough $$$, and your measured productivity metrics are not good enough, don't worry - if you also end-up living in one of the "techbro sponsored corporate feudal city-states" you can always help the company by being turned into "biodiesel":

https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrif...




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