> I consider going solo, couped up in your sterile, quiet home office, to be a certain path to failure.

You say you're happy to have a contrast to the usual, but here you are sort of arguing for the other extreme. There are plenty of people who have made amazing things in isolation and work well under those conditions. The point here is that not everyone is the same.

You bring up a good point when you talk of introverts vs. extroverts. I cannot see extroverts being happy working remotely. They seem to need the human interaction offered in the office. Personally, I'm an introvert. I don't like being around other people and find their presence irritating and unwelcome when I'm trying to get something done. For me, working remotely really IS the one true way. I cannot even relate to the author of the article's sense of loneliness. That certainly isn't true for everyone though. Rather than dictating one or the other, companies should be flexible and embrace both, I think, in order to get the most out of all their employees.

Not sure what you're after here. Remote doesn't imply "couped up in sterile, quiet home office". Remote just means no physical presence required

You are confusing distractions with human interaction. When people works from quiet rooms in offices they can still get out and go to a meeting or relax room and talk to others.