What I would really like to know, is:

- why do meetings make attendees feel important?

- why do everyone pretend to dislike meeting, yet obviously very few actualy do

Isn't someone already working on a system were every employee has an AI companion that would represent them during meetings? The employee chat about the meeting's topic with her avatar beforehand until they are on the same page, then for all the avatars hold a meeting at the speed of light and come back with the overall decision that was reached. No more politics, and perfectly asynchronous. I'd love it.