The irony of it is that many of the companies in the Bay area are actually building technologies that help people to work from anywhere effectively, such as ema

The irony of it is that many of the companies in the Bay area are actually building technologies that help people to work from anywhere effectively, such as email programs, messaging apps, project management tools, video-conferencing, etc. So in theory the problem should solve itself. If their apps really work, the pressure on Bay area real estate should ease. In practice I'm not hopeful.