I was having a conversation with someone around my age about remote work and young workers. I made the comment that I couldn't have imagined graduating from school and not having an office to go into--though I'd have appreciated an office with more flexibility around commuting.

My friend's response--which I certainly agree with--is that in addition to the changes in technology (I didn't even have non-internal email and that was fairly advanced for the time) younger people are just a lot more used to living to a significant degree in a digital environment than we were.

And, yes, as a child I lived in a fairly rural environment without neighbors so didn't really do much in the way of socializing outside of school.