Not sure if this is more of an American thing or common elsewhere, but in US we tend to tie a lot of our social connections and self-worth with the job. If the

Not sure if this is more of an American thing or common elsewhere, but in US we tend to tie a lot of our social connections and self-worth with the job. If these were not the case, loneliness and other social pressures would be less of a thing - if your normal circle of communication, social connections and support systems are not tied to work, then not physically being next to your coworkers wouldn’t make that same impact. That’s not to say that face-to-face cannot at times be more productive (though it could also be less productive too), but the psychological impacts would simply not exists as you wouldn’t be isolated in the first place.