[throwaway91111]

Thankfully the vast majority of work has nothing to do with innovation.

I'd love to hear your argument for "progress", whatever that is.

[CabSauce]

I meant innovation and progress in the sense of the sharing of good ideas, and solving shared problems. If a remote job only involves some kind of repeated task, it could probably just be automated.

[throwaway91111]

Thank god most code requires no innovation at all, and thank god i am the one automating others out of the job!

Unless you're working on research, it's hard to buy physical proximity reducing throughput; just latency.

[jdc0589]

innovation is relative. Sure, innovation on a global or market scale might not be common or necessary, but within the context of a single company the definition is broader.

[throwaway91111]

True, but I am highly skeptical most people will have issues producing this level of innovation from a coffee shop.