The article has links to studies that say face to face is important for complex problems. What is your counter aside from saying there are examples supporting your view? Source? (I would link the links here but am on mobile and running late)
I don't find your links to counter the links in the article. Yours say that remote work increases productivity (for a call center specifically) and increases employee happiness. The article's links call out that collaborative and complex tasks along with spontaneous new ideas benefit from face to face.
I think these are both true and would advocate for a work solution that allows amble work from home but encourages common face to face time especially if a team is tackling a complex issue. Maybe two or three days per week remote?
In the article, a linked study of some IT folks doing complex infrastructure tasks and set up benefited from face to face interaction as compared to collaborating over email. Complex tasks does not mean pushing the needle on human advancement in science. Those in the study did not try to invent tcp/ip. They were just working on complex tasks.
Remote vs face to face debate is about the interplay of folks trying to earn a living, providing value to an organization, living life, and companies making profits. In this regard, it looks like a balance of remote to face to face could increase productivity, happiness, and ability to work on complex tasks.
