Parkinson’s law update for Covid

Funny article in the Economist about an update proposal to Parkinson’s law (“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”).

• For the unconcerned, when unobserved, work shrinks to fill the time required
• For anxious home workers, work expands to fill all their waking hours
• In lockdown, Zoom expands to fill all of the manager’s available time

So true!