[mike_d]

That person may be accurately remembering the experience they had in the before-times, however that world just doesn't exist anymore.

[mym1990]

I mean technically no world in the past exists anymore, but in-person collaboration is certainly still a thing, albeit it is on somewhat of a pause right now. I guess no one really knows how this whole thing shakes out if we look 5-10 years out, but my bet is that humans being social creatures will drive a good number of people back into collaborative in-person working spaces.