I had lunch with one of my colleagues at a well-known coffee hangout here in Arlington today. The university building that houses both of our faculty offices was no more than a block away. But after the pandemic, its the home office that serves as the categorical work place. I’m not sure that our building will be repopulated as such.
We both agreed, campus offices are out and Zoom is here to stay. It’s just more efficient and it gets rid of the whole commute thing. And of course work travel. That’s in spite of the ubiquitous Zoom fatigue. Has the nature of work really changed permanently?
And on that note, off to a Zoom call….
Discoverers and Discoveries 