[onion2k]

And yeah, a truly creative collaborative working environment can’t be replicated over video call.

Replicating a truly creative collaborative working environment is impossible everywhere.

Truly creative environments are grown from the resources and people available. You can't copy something that worked elsewhere with different people and expect it to work again.

Also, entirely anecdotally, the band The Postal Service are so called because they created their album by sending each other tapes through the post. They were very creative, and living in different cities, so creative remote work has been achieved at least once.