Through the Magic Mirror

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The alarm goes off at 7:30 a.m. You’re working from home today, so there’s no train that needs catching. You hit snooze. Then you hit it again. And again. Probably more times than you should. When you wake up later than you wanted to and see that your stand-up is in eight minutes, you roll out of bed, put on yesterday’s T-shirt and jeans, run to make coffee in time, and then go sit by your laptop. You use the video-call preview to make sure your hair is presentable. It is, just.

After the familiar ding-dong sound as you join the video call, you say hello to your fellow remote-work colleagues today. “Where’s the rest of ...

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