7 May

Standing desks will be a fad that passes, mostly because the framework of ideas behind them - that sitting can kill you - is bonkers I think. 50 years ago the supposed dangers of standing were the reason so many workplaces ended up with chairs. I think this debate will flip endlessly between sitting and standing until it goes back to the drawing board, and realises the real problem is treating both sitting and standing as static, held poses. Rather than acts of dynamic balance. Treat both as like learning to ride a bike, where you need to learn to balance at each moment, and all the problems go away.