<i>most of these aren&#x27;t principles, these are wishes. Like i can say i have 2 principles - be wealthy and be healthy - and those 2 principles look like very wise and hard to argue with, don&#x27;t you think?</i><p>Becoming wealthy takes time and luck.  It&#x27;s not something you can just turn on at will. I just read through each of the principles, and I find exactly 0 of them that share that quality.  Most of them tell you <i>specifically</i> what to do, and they are things that you can start doing at any time.<p>Name one or more specific principles that are like &quot;become wealthy&quot; and we can talk about them specifically. We may be reading them differently.<p><i>&gt; The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
which is just some personal beliefs or dreams of somebody, and is obviously not true in general.</i><p>I&#x27;ve worked remotely for a long time and love it. However, I certainly recognize that there&#x27;s a legitimate cost to the team. I&#x27;ve also worked for years with teams that are split geographically. Again, the distance is a cost.<p>Of course there are benefits too. That&#x27;s why we pay the cost. But the principle says <i>the best architectures, requirements, and design</i>. How exactly could physical distance be a net negative to architectures, requirements, and designs, all other things being equal? The methods of communication at your disposal face-to-face are a strict superset of the methods at your disposal when physically separated.