Can we stop trying to replace our in-office culture with a remote work version?

I was a hardcore 80-hour-a-week office guy for over two decades. I prided myself on being the first one in and the last one out. The office was my badge of honor. It was where I measured my discipline, my loyalty, and my seriousness about work. But if you asked me to go back to an office today, even though this is my dream job, I would quit on the spot.

That does not mean I think remote work is universally better. It is not. It works beautifully for some people and terribly for others. What it does mean is that now that remote work has had time to marinate, we can look at it with more clarity. We can start to see what it is, and more importantly what it is not. ...