For me, and what I took away from this article (confirmation bias), it is that a huge barrier to working remotely is the social and personal identity we implicitly associate with work.<p>The loosening of tribalism from your job (which between 20-40 could be your main &quot;tribe&quot;) may be the root cause of the sense of isolation&#x2F;loneliness.<p>I wonder if it&#x27;s as much the emergence of meetups &amp; co-working spaces rather than the online tools (Slack, Speak, Trello etc) which will grow the remote workforce.