Will we still be chained to our living room sets or will we be carrying live TV with us everywhere using a tablet?

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There is a pervasive belief in our society that in order to be productive, we need to be chained to our desks with our heads down.

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Yet too many people see longer working lives as a worry rather than an opportunity and not just because they are going to be chained to their desks.

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"He gave instructions for Anne to be chained and took no action to prevent the beatings she had received, failing to provide any training or supervision for the staff member responsible for her, " he said.

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Also, the product can be daisy-chained together to cover larger distances.

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For them, old units like the pied de Roi (King's Foot) kept people chained to ignorance and superstition, and had to be swept away for Reason to take hold.

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For 118 days, when the world was reduced to what could be heard and said and done while handcuffed and chained with three other men in a cold, paint-peeling, eternally gloomy, 10-by-12-foot room.

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