The optics of being in the office will never change. Humans are very shallow and highly visual. I see - therefore you are. That said, there is a middle ground.

The optics of being in the office will never change. Humans are very shallow and highly visual. I see - therefore you are. That said, there is a middle ground. You have to be in the office twice a week in order to achieve the full benefit of face-to-face interaction. I, for one, would welcome having to get out of the house twice a week and go talk to actual humans, go to lunch, or to a bar.