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>I don't see how working remotely can ever replace the human interaction of working in one place.

What "ever"? It has already replaced that for thousands of companies, including some valued at billions...

>People forget, humans are not machines.

Thankfully there's this great new technology called IM, where they can ask somebody (and in an even less intrusive manner than directly disrupting their flow going to their desk to talk to them).