https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.2017.0239 - Open offices actually make people chat and email more. counter-productive.

Also Jeff, youtube has some great "slow tv" videos of train rides through Europe, India, Australia, etc....

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Got it. I'm remove this post, but I don't know how.

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