His career only took off once he could close a door and see no one for long stretches; open offices flatlined his productivity and creativity.

What these subjects mean

ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

creativity Making something new: where ideas come from, what conditions let them come, and whether a machine can have them.

On the topicWhere does creativity come from?under our view: It needs room: constraints, solitude and time away from the grind

What David Heinemeier Hansson actually said

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Requiring people to work from an office is a legitimate way to run a company, and remote-work advocates are wrong to claim moral superiority over it.

Hansson says requiring office attendance is a legitimate way to run a company and that remote advocates are wrong to claim moral superiority. He also says his own career only took off once he could close a door and see nobody for long stretches, and that open offices flatlined his productivity and creativity. Legitimate for others and disastrous for him is a defensible pair, and it is a narrow ledge to stand on.

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