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Can we use this for telecommuting yet? Silicon Valley is proving that cramming all of the world's tech jobs into a single point isn't really a good idea. Step one is giving towns easier access to enormous low-latency bandwidth. Step two is improving videoconferencing software. Step three will involve changing day-to-day routines so that there's a balance between disruptions and isolation in the new way of working. It's hard, but not so bad compared to continuously increasing the population density.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
