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    Is telecommuting work? The answer isn’t in the fridge. (I already looked.)

    by David Von Drehle Oct 29, 2016 3 minutes

    WANT TO GLIMPSE THE FUTURE? ACCORDING TO THE Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly a quarter of all employed Americans work from home at least part of the time—roughly 39 million telecommuters, and the number is rising rapidly. Based on my personal experience, that means at least 13 million of us are staring blankly into the refrigerator right now.

    Roughly 2 million are organizing the junk drawer in the kitchen.

    One hundred and forty-three thousand are trying to figure out why the drain

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