From Sam Edge, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK
On face value, Robin Dunbar’s arguments about the health benefits of friendships favouring on-site working over doing so from home – whether some or all of the time – seem plausible. But the personal, environmental and financial gains for the individual, business and society of foregoing daily commutes far outweigh the problems he fears. In fact, I would say the work-from-home change has exposed our pathological dependence on the workplace to fulfil social functions that should come from local communities (10 February, p 21).
