I agree about the social aspect and if I didn't have pre-existing relationships with my colleagues, WFH wouldn't be as smooth. But with an idealization of the

I agree about the social aspect and if I didn't have pre-existing relationships with my colleagues, WFH wouldn't be as smooth. But with an idealization of the office experience, I disagree. I view it as a relic of the industrial age where-in output was from an assembly-line and so required everyone to be present physically. In the knowledge era, a lot of work like programming can really be done effectively at home and asynchronously or just by using video and text communication. For a lot of people, the office experience is almost a prison-like experience with very low freedom and control at the office. Also, there is even more time for socialization for those working at home and have family at home. Instead of just seeing family at night and on the weekends, at least can have lunch together and spend more time together so WFH is not synonymous with social isolation.