Let’s not forget that in some ways remote meetings are superior to in person (this is not to ignore the problems with remote meetings). One thing I like is tha

Let’s not forget that in some ways remote meetings are superior to in person (this is not to ignore the problems with remote meetings). One thing I like is that remote meetings can have automatic transcripts and recordings which in person ones don’t. We have those for all meetings I attend, using some tool that also tries to extract things like agreed action items. So if I missed one or forgot something I can easily review without wasting everybody’s time on a slack post or email. I’m sure there are a few sociology PhDs waiting to be written and some killer tools to be invented. Personally I prefer remote to in person for the same reason I prefer the Mac: “sucks less than the alternatives.” (I have found that it has paid off to travel to meet in person some of the remote people I meet with the most. This isn’t scalable, and also means our current tooling is grossly inadequate).