You can very well have a system stuck in a local maximum. Even if we assume that WFH is the most optimal state for the system, it may remain stuck in the less o

You can very well have a system stuck in a local maximum. Even if we assume that WFH is the most optimal state for the system, it may remain stuck in the less optimal state until it gets a "kick in the butt" that pushes it out. When it comes to WFH, that kick was the pandemic.