All those effects are dwarfed by the pernicious effects of sitting all day. I don't doubt that many people have anxious reactions to the background noise and p

All those effects are dwarfed by the pernicious effects of sitting all day. I don't doubt that many people have anxious reactions to the background noise and panopticon level visibility and that long term mild stress is very bad for health. That's nothing compared to the damage done by sitting for 8 hours a day over that same period. Luckily we've got standing desks at work and I'm getting one put-in at home. We've also recently upgraded our office with natural lighting and natural spectrum artificial lighting which is another thing that has been shown to have huge effects on stress levels. I'm only working from the office two days or so a week, and most of those days are spent doing inherently social activities so I don't mind our mostly open plan offices. (we do have some small single occupancy offices that we use if we want a few hours of quiet work). The next thing I want to get is a portable standing desk set-up that I can take with me to client sites.