Asynchronous communication is like eventual consistency. It seems pragmatic until you actually struggle to get everyone to be on the same page at the same time

Asynchronous communication is like eventual consistency. It seems pragmatic until you actually struggle to get everyone to be on the same page at the same time, then you spend a lot of time figuring out how to be consistent. I agree the video calls are probably over the top - but asynchronous communication != synchronous communication.