remote work at scale is one of the few things lately that feel like they are from the future. It enables whole new modes of communication and process, and it's

remote work at scale is one of the few things lately that feel like they are from the future. It enables whole new modes of communication and process, and it's a pity to concentrate on comparisons with conventional offices. If a large number of people decides to keep working remotely, the offices will never look the same again, they'll look more like a decaying old village rather than places of bustling activity, and this will only accelerate the transition to remote. We have new virtual conferences that exploded in popularity and sprang out of this remote world. Out of nowhere , there have been 2 Neuromatch conferences, with 3000 attendees each! This is a staggering number and the conferences are great quality too. With labs moving their meetings online, it has now become easy to arrange common meetings, with ideas flowing left and right in a very positive way. There's many more things to come from remote work. We 'll find ways to solve the social issues of loneliness etc -- after all, these were not the purpose of offices. I think ppl are focusing too much on the negatives of remote work, while we are still at the very beginning.