Wither workplace drinking?

Do tell, should should the more nefarious nectar form part of our afternoon meets?

Tipsy employees, they say, find it hard to focus on a task, but this makes them more likely to come up with innovative ideas. This may help to explain the success of Silicon Valley, one of the last workplaces in America where hard and soft drinks still jostle for space in the company fridge.

This causation-correlation nonsense happens in the Economist!?   Are they only hiring Oxford PPE's now?  Oy...