Hybrid work is the worst of both arrangements: it destroys the main benefits of remote work while also failing to deliver the benefits of an office.

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  Meeting in person changes what world leaders can do with each other, in a way nobody can quite articulate and remote communication has not replaced.

  Fridman says meeting in person changes what people can do with each other in a way remote communication has not replaced. Hansson says hybrid is the worst of both arrangements. If in-person contact does something irreplaceable, the arrangement that supplies some of it is not obviously the worst of the three.

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• A team's productivity inevitably changes when it moves to remote work. MPMaxence Poutord15 Mar 2020remote work
• In asynchronous, text-based communication, the loudest person in the room loses influence and it shifts to the best communicators. TBThorsten Ball22 May 2020remote work
• Leaders' resistance to remote work is driven by a desire for power and status, not by genuine productivity concerns. AGAdam Grant22 Jun 2026remote work
• Meetups are critical to make remote work successful DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson26 May 2023remote work
• Remote work and entrepreneurship take away shared spaces, like offices, where people used to make friends or meet partners. PLPieter Levels5 Sept 2026remote work

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