This Gen Z-inspired concept could help us fall in love with work again

March 12, 2026 — 10:45am

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One of the paradoxes of modern workplaces is that the more technology tries to remove friction, the more inefficient it becomes.

Take email for example, the technology that’s arguably most changed how we work. When it first arrived, the premise of email was to make communicating with others more efficient. Instead of writing a letter, picking up the phone, or meeting someone in person, we could instantly message anyone in the world.

It didn’t take long for the trickle of emails to become a tsunami, which then necessitated more technology to help us handle it all. Now AI suggests automatic responses in an attempt to deal with the deluge.

You could repeat this evolution for every technology........

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