The difference is that now everyone is distributed, if someone "important" is in a different timezone, you can be singled out to attend a meeting because you're

The difference is that now everyone is distributed, if someone "important" is in a different timezone, you can be singled out to attend a meeting because you're no longer "out of the office at 6am", you have no excuse not to be able to attend early meetings. Also I just feel that it's becoming culturally more acceptable to attend/schedule meetings at weird times because everyone else accepts it. If you're the nail that sticks out (by rejecting meetings), you get hammered.