Albert Einstein famously quipped, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” While the Nobel laureate was obviously advocating for the ...

Whatever it may reveal about brain activity, an orderly desk keeps one's quirks and tastes a mystery, and denies friends and colleagues the pleasure of discovering who among them still fills out ...

That’s probably a good thing. An empty desk at The New York Times headquarters after the rush to leave the offices in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Credit...Photo by Chris Maggio ...

In all that time, No. 84 has waited on the Senate floor — an open seat, an empty desk. ... “We just amble around the whole floor and sit in other people’s desks all the time,” DeMint said.

Empty Desk Syndrome costs economy billions. The economic costs of unfilled jobs represent a staggering loss of nearly $160 billion in the U.S. annually, according to Indeed.

The desk is a sacred space for every writer/reader/literary fiend. It's where we sit to update our Goodreads account instead of working. It's where we sit to try out that new journaling trend we ...