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The arrival of wi-fi and cellphones has been a 2)blight for the traditional 3)haunt of the 4)intellectual, the café. In my favorite café in California it’s impossible to find a seat after 10 AM. 5)Impoverished students buy one drink, then nurse it through 8 hours of internet 6)trolling. To cover the costs of these cyber-squatters, cafés charge 7)outrageous 8)premiums for drinks and food. Their 9)denizens, in response, ever longer nurse their 10)solitary lattés.
How do we reclaim the café for the people? Since the main 11)commodity cafés sell is not coffee but time, they should charge for time directly. Payment should be for 12)occupancy by the hour. Customers must 13)clock in and 14)clock out. This will allow cafés to 15)correspondingly reduce the price of coffee and food to 16)modest levels. Strangely, in Russia, not where we expect advanced 17)capitalism, this idea has been 18)implemented.

无线网络和手机的到来让一贯泡在咖啡馆学习的人更加肆无忌惮了。在加利福尼亚的一家我最喜欢的咖啡馆里,早上十点以后根本不可能找到座位。穷困的学生们买一杯饮料,然后就连续8小时地耗在那里上网。为了向这些“蹭网者”索取费用,咖啡馆会(向顾客)索取惊人的饮料和食物价格。而相应地,这些“蹭网者”就更加会守着一杯拿铁赖在那里不走。
我们怎么重新管理咖啡馆呢?既然咖啡馆卖的不是咖啡而是时间,它们就应该直接收取时间的费用,按小时收费。顾客们必须打卡进入打卡离开。这样就能使咖啡馆相应地把咖啡和食物的价格降低到合理的水平。很奇怪,在我们认为没有高度资本主义化的俄罗斯,这个想法竟然被实现了。
How do we reclaim the café for the people? Since the main 11)commodity cafés sell is not coffee but time, they should charge for time directly. Payment should be for 12)occupancy by the hour. Customers must 13)clock in and 14)clock out. This will allow cafés to 15)correspondingly reduce the price of coffee and food to 16)modest levels. Strangely, in Russia, not where we expect advanced 17)capitalism, this idea has been 18)implemented.

无线网络和手机的到来让一贯泡在咖啡馆学习的人更加肆无忌惮了。在加利福尼亚的一家我最喜欢的咖啡馆里,早上十点以后根本不可能找到座位。穷困的学生们买一杯饮料,然后就连续8小时地耗在那里上网。为了向这些“蹭网者”索取费用,咖啡馆会(向顾客)索取惊人的饮料和食物价格。而相应地,这些“蹭网者”就更加会守着一杯拿铁赖在那里不走。
我们怎么重新管理咖啡馆呢?既然咖啡馆卖的不是咖啡而是时间,它们就应该直接收取时间的费用,按小时收费。顾客们必须打卡进入打卡离开。这样就能使咖啡馆相应地把咖啡和食物的价格降低到合理的水平。很奇怪,在我们认为没有高度资本主义化的俄罗斯,这个想法竟然被实现了。