yea I agree that remote is a big part of the solution. Despite all the talk about how easy it is to "work from anywhere" remote still has a lot of pain points. Where I work we can do it one day a week but it sucks when people are dialing in to a meeting. Remote Desktop and ssh aren't really that great. I'm thinking we need fiber to the curb and VR fueled telepresence that is able to convey nuance and emotion when interacting with co-workers.
Yeah, it basically requires a lot of structuring the way people work together to make it so that remote workers are first class citizens in meetings etc. Otherwise, remote workers miss way too much of the context that comes from informal chatter at the office and end up being isolated from the main flow of things.
We can barely even teleconference people into formal meetings in a way that works consistently and isn't a huge pain, I think we're a very long way from remote work being a solution for a large percentage of workers.
