Life at the Nowhere Office | New Republic

"Office minimalism and tech minimalism are deceptively maximalist. The former depends upon us being rabid consumers of expensive gadgets (as well as their incessantly updated versions and accessories of cases, adapters, headphones, external drives) and precious coffees (the standard meeting prop). The latter allows us to be digital packrats who never delete or even organize anything; our messes are just kept invisible, their management outsourced. Most work is dirty; we often make it dirtier by trying to make it look clean.”