Steelman: how we work

Choose one claim below that you disagree with. If you happen to agree with all three, you may pick a different claim about how people work that you usually disagree with. ① Remote work should be abolished and everyone brought back to the office. ② Meetings shouldn't be cut — we should hold them even more often than we do now. ③ On work messengers, the rule should be to reply within 10 minutes during working hours.

State your chosen claim in one line at the top, then step into the shoes of a reasonable person who genuinely believes it and lay out the strongest possible version. The goal is a version that person would read and admit, 'You made my case better than I could.' Give at least three distinct reasons supporting the position, and pre-empt one likely counterargument in that person's own voice. Don't write a single line that reveals what you actually think.