Economy

because he thinks we're all getting too comfortable with being socially disconnected and isolated.

Maher totally missed the point. Nothing is more disconnecting and socially isolating than sitting in a car in rush hour traffic twice a day, commuting for an hour or more to a far suburb with affordable housing. Yeah, we saw our work colleagues, but we didn't see our families.

Hybrid work is here to stay, employees turning up at an office only periodically on a weekly or biweekly basis and working from home and pantsless the rest of the time. Employers need to realize that.

And Maher needs to listen to a few working stiffs instead of restricting himself to the cocktail circuit.