$5,900 chair may be the tech world's new key to productivity

The fetishization of office equipment must correlate to economic bubbles somehow.

Exercise, standing regularly, and basic good ergonomics solves all the problems much better than this monstrosity.

"Lay down on my lap and we can start this code review."

Although it's the article's fault, not the submitter's, I think it's worth noting that the accurate headline appears to be "$5,900 chair may be the tech world's new key to productivity, says owner of company selling them".

EDIT: Jinx with ceejayoz (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12613784)!

JP had this in Grandma's Boy in his awesome techno cave room[1], which is a somewhat unfortunate movie that pokes fun at the personality side effects of people who immerse themselves in technology. I like the movie's themes but I wish the premise wasn't so much about mocking and taking down the weirdo boy genius. I too want robot legs and there's nothing wrong with that!

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ntWD6rpivqM

This is a joke, right? Are standup desks no longer a thing?

Yes, ergonomics are important. Get a separate keyboard and mouse, put your laptop on a pile of books to raise the screen, done.

"Sincerely, the PR firm for the company making $5,900 chairs."

Rather funny how for all that talk of ergonomics he's using one of those horrible Apple keyboards with about 0.1mm of key travel.