I'm struggling to write this in a way that doesn't sound nit-picky, but I think what Loop isn't saying is that his career is, uh, running meetings. His blog is chock-a-block with high-level coordination managerial material. And I guess in that context I can feel sympathetic to the notion that something has been lost _for that kind of worker_. It's not my job to keep tens or hundreds of humans coordinated so the loss of in-person has also meant the, beneficial, loss of commuting, open office interrupt driven working conditions and has meant the ability to expand my timezone working cohort +/- 9 hours, since stuff is async by default. Loop's kind of work is important for large organizations but, having shied away from the kind of work he's gravitated toward, I really can't tell if Loop is just _used_ to a certain way of organizing method and can't adapt as the world shifts or if being in the same room as other people managers is actually more effective for high-level coordination work. The argument here sure does feel shallow.