Stanford economist Nick Bloom this week went so far as to declare the death of "return to the office" – a campaign backed by those with real-estate commitments, commercial landlords, and cities deprived of labor force spending to undo the pandemic-driven pragmatism of working from home.

Therefore here is a plea of mine that is based on a few questions people asked me lately what the best thing to do to make remote working using messaging software work. And here it is: use a headset.