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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 17 July 2013 08:19:04PM 9 points [-]

It could be just the novelty of such a view. I suspect that any interesting modification to your working environment leads to a short-term productivity boost, but these things don't necessarily persist in the long term. In any case, it seems like the VoI of exploring different working environments is high.

Comment author: wadavis 17 July 2013 09:43:06PM 3 points [-]

The under-utilized conference room with a great view has become the unofficial thinking room at work.

There is a whole list of little factors that contribute to the success of the thinking room, but major contributors include the both view, and the novelty.