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Charles Dickens wrote masterpieces at a standing desk

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The annoying guy in your office who won't stop bragging about his elevated workstation is actually participating in a very old tradition. Famous creatives like Charles Dickens and Ernest Hemingway completely shunned sitting, preferring to draft their iconic novels upright. They recognized that slouching in a wooden chair for ten hours a day was terrible for posture long before ergonomic consultants existed.

Charles Dickens wrote masterpieces at a standing desk
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