SARAH BUITENDACH: What your Zoom bookshelf says about you
Zoom interviews can be revealing, but judging people by the literature that shows in the background when they appear on the video chat app may make you draw the wrong conclusions
06 May 2020 - 06:00
Oh, look – your full collection of books by Ayn Rand. How lovely! And is that Tim Noakes’s The Lore of Running I see sticking out above your shoulder, alongside the giant chip?
In recent weeks the rise of Generation Zoom and the bookshelf background has been offering us some delightful respite from Lockdown La La land...
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