I thought my coworkers were insane during covid, living in their home offices and moving to the outer suburbs. My bosses office was literally his bedroom closet, and he would go entire days without seeing light.^ Maybe taking prescribed speed every day helped with the loneliness. When covid hit I moved into a house with 5 other people and got a job working at a factory. I realized the only person who would get me the social time I require is me.
^ I know this because it snowed 6 inches in Seattle and he was unaware until the next day
It's endlessly interesting to me that despite the fact that the modern educated middle class are overwhelmingly left wing and dominate the "cultural sphere" (because they can afford to), there's still a reluctance to really talk about class and their own position in the class system in favour of lip service supporting minorities and marketable individual identities. Originally the struggles of the labour class and gaining support and solidarity from those that had more wealth and opportunities was the most central core concern of the left wing. It's probably also the primary reason for the rise of reactionary right wing parties.
How? She literally builds the case that one hundred years later there is more work to do and that Wolfe’s prescience only went so far. It’s a salient continuation.
https://archive.ph/2026.03.16-124144/https://newrepublic.com...
The loneliness of a home office - and everything in the article would be equally true
I thought my coworkers were insane during covid, living in their home offices and moving to the outer suburbs. My bosses office was literally his bedroom closet, and he would go entire days without seeing light.^ Maybe taking prescribed speed every day helped with the loneliness. When covid hit I moved into a house with 5 other people and got a job working at a factory. I realized the only person who would get me the social time I require is me.
^ I know this because it snowed 6 inches in Seattle and he was unaware until the next day
Yeah, how could anyone forget Woolf's legendary sequel "A House Office of One's Own"
It's endlessly interesting to me that despite the fact that the modern educated middle class are overwhelmingly left wing and dominate the "cultural sphere" (because they can afford to), there's still a reluctance to really talk about class and their own position in the class system in favour of lip service supporting minorities and marketable individual identities. Originally the struggles of the labour class and gaining support and solidarity from those that had more wealth and opportunities was the most central core concern of the left wing. It's probably also the primary reason for the rise of reactionary right wing parties.
The title is clickbait, unfortunately.
Jonah,
How? She literally builds the case that one hundred years later there is more work to do and that Wolfe’s prescience only went so far. It’s a salient continuation.