What is the point of spending such huge sums to bring a 200-lb.-body downtown when all you want of it is its eight-and-a-half pound brain?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author questions the cost of transporting a person when only their mind is needed.
- In plain terms
- Why spend money moving a body when you only need the brain?
- What can you take from it?
- Prioritize remote work or digital access over physical presence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does presence add value?
- When is remote work not enough?
Another view
Some tasks still require physical presence.
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