Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
by robertlagrant on Sunday February 05, 2023 @03:23PM
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> So what? Just because something is different, it doesn't mean you can't get useful benefits from it.
You've missed the point. It's wasn't that there are no benefits from it. It's that there are specific benefits from conversations that won't happen on a wiki.
This is a great example of how people can miss the point if you don't go round the houses with conversation and say something in multiple ways, so they can't misunderstand.
> I don't believe that, those are very different modes of communications.
So what? Just because something is different, it doesn't mean you can't get useful benefits from it.
No, you're not going to have a random hallway meeting and conversation on on a chat platform. But the barrier to just saying hello to someone or asking them a question drops to near-zero when you have those chat platforms. Yes, it does mean you need to be more deliberate about making interactions happen, but there's nothing inherently wrong with that.
The "remote renaissance" is still very new. (And it started during a time that was not ideal for methodically exploring and learning a new paradigm.) It'll take many more years before people adjust and really find out how communication works best.