General Politics Discussion

[bravado]

I think there's more to it than just the revenue from $30 salads downtown or whatever. Not having a physical work place is genuinely eroding people's friend circles, making us more insular, and robbing new young employees the chance of actually meeting people and learning + networking. If you're an established worker who doesn't need much of these non-monetary benefits of working, remote work is an amazing option. For everyone else, I think the costs to their career and personal development can be quite large.

Again, I know that modern offices barely even have a free water cooler at this point - but I think there is something genuinely valuable about physically separating work vs home. I think it has personal costs that vary in severity with each individual.