[carlivar]

It's Zoom. I'm convinced. Sure there are some people that have always been remote, but I think two years of isolation has caused a cultural infection that is difficult to isolate but absolutely present.

Humans need to be around other humans, and not just their family. At my work we are trying to get team meetups scheduled for roughly April/May. I was worried people aren't ready, but turns out they are actually hungry for it.

[hughrr]

I don’t think it’s that. I’ve been working remotely for nearly a decade now and the real problems were there before: competence and reachability.

Competence, or lack thereof is easier to hide or write off now. People aren’t always reactive or reachable.

As for being around other humans, I love that. But not colleagues. I have separate friends. You need the context switch away.

[gorjusborg]

You are probably both correct, for your own situation and personality.

Please don't assume there is one universal truth that needs to be forced on others

[carlivar]

I'll reply to you instead of the parent.

The parent has always worked remotely and has chosen that.

Everyone the past two years worked remotely and a majority NOT choose it and did not prepare either. Sure, some people turn out to prefer it. But my point is that it's unnatural and unhealthy to force any large cohort into a particular system. So we are in agreement.

[blamestross]

For me, exactly the other way. Isolating has allowed me to understand that I don't need that connection anywhere as much as I thought I did. Like most short-lived endorphin rushes, if you go without for a few months, you find the urge fades. The pandemic has taught me that being a remote hermit is a viable option for my happiness.