Yeah, it's the same as the switch from offices with actual rooms to cool and hip (in the early 2000s) open offices: 1. Cram xx% more people in the same place u

Yeah, it's the same as the switch from offices with actual rooms to cool and hip (in the early 2000s) open offices: 1. Cram xx% more people in the same place under the pretext of creating a collaborative environment == save xx% on rent. 2. Invest a small percentage of that sum on noise cancelling headphones, because (shocker) people need to be alone from time to time. No one is arguing that the same won't happen with remote becoming more mainstream. There's value in remote, especially from a utilitarian/equality pov, so we need to be mindful and try not to fall in the same traps (i.e. don't drink the kool-aid).