One reasonable guess: Because people are naturally social creatures who are meant to work in groups face-to-face, not remotely dialed in to speak to one another

One reasonable guess: Because people are naturally social creatures who are meant to work in groups face-to-face, not remotely dialed in to speak to one another via a technological facsimile. If a given thing wouldn't have existed absent some state of emergency, perhaps it would be best for us not to treat it as the natural state of affairs.