2/24/2018 S-1 Table of Contents Modern technology is clearly making us busier. But is it making us more productive? It feels like our “productivity tools” are robbing us of the time and space to think. You’d think they’d be working for us, but somehow we’ve ended up working for them. Why this matters “Work about work” and constant distractions aren’t just exhausting us, they’re also wasting our potential. Think about it: if Einstein were alive today, he’d start his day by clearing Groupons and LinkedIn invitations out of his inbox. Then he’d get down to work—and right before his Eureka moment, his phone would buzz with a Slack message. Would we still understand relativity? As a species, over and over we’ve used our ingenuity to profoundly improve our lives. This is the engine of human progress: our time and creativity go in, and solutions to our biggest problems come out. So we need to start treating our collective creative energy like the incredibly precious resource it is—the fuel for human progress. We can’t make more of this fuel. But we can get better mileage. We can fix this In the last decade, psychology and neuroscience have shed light on what we need to be productive and feel fulfilled. Research shows that we perform at our best when we can focus, when we’re well rested, and when we have a sense of purpose. Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with these needs in mind? Imagine if we finished work every day knowing what we did really mattered. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots. Last year, we unveiled a new mission: . That might sound a little out there, but our first mission did, too. 89 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467623/000119312518055809/d451946ds1.htm 97/235