I couldn't stand in NYC when people out-to-lunch in midtown starting changing into IT people instead of $other people. I don't want to hear about your stupid computer problems while eavesdropping over chicken-and-rice-with-white-and-red, I want to hear about your fabric distribution problems or your cold-call-scam problems or just anything not "I couldn't get that version of stuff to match up with blah so idk lol". Stupid computers eating the world.

I can agree to point three being a big contributor but it is definitely not the only reason. It would alienate a lot of people if you just switched to entirely remote one day.

Number 2 is highly circumstantial but it does ultimately come down to the individual to make friends. My concern is just that it becomes harder when everyone else is also locked up at home working or consuming entertainment all day. Many people are only a commute and an office away from that being their life.

I definitely prefer working from home for myself mind you, but I can see the negatives and totally understand why many peoppe would rather an office. I currently split time between office and home and they both have very diverse pros and cons.

Most of my original comment was just speculating a possible future scenario. I just see the possibility for people to fall through the cracks of society and just work and consume entertainment all day at home, and if that becomes the everyman then society will change to accommodate that.

I think the cracks innsociety are as a big as we allow them to be - but yes, they are already too big, and too many people fall through.

It's just those cracks are not easily visoble. Perhaps even putting more of our lives online will make the cracks more visible - our shared pessimism may be wrong :-)

I agree, it is ultimately our problem to solve.