Don't fall prey to the seductive lure of fancy co-working spaces

Published by Channel NewsAsia / CNA, 2018-12-03.

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Archive Summary

CNA commentary offering a more sceptical assessment of coworking after its rapid mainstreaming in Southeast Asia, arguing that stylish shared workspaces can produce distraction, cost, mismatch, boundary blurring, and unequal access as well as connection and flexibility.

Editorial Note

Useful public link because it shows the post-PhD loss of uncomplicated coworking idealism: the theme has shifted from social movement promise to ambivalence, boundary management, and institutional trade-offs.