[manuelfcreis]

Well, in the entire history of civilization most people used to work at home, and not at some other place. Offices aren't part of human nature.

[andai]

For most of human history people worked together in person, as tribes! (I think this is at least part of the reason companies so heavily push the "we are your family" meme, trying to artificially create that original level of collectivism and aligned incentives.)