Nah. I've been 100% remote since 2015 and while I miss in-person work at times, and it's much easier to learn new things in a tight office, but the benefits from being remote are just too big to say no to.
Way less carbon emissions, far cheaper for me, more work-life balance, no commutes eating up my day and driving me nuts. No crappy work lunches where I snag McD's cuz it's close by; I can whip up something in a slowcooker during my "lunchbreak" and have good food all day. I'm happy to run errands during rush hour since traffic is still reasonably light.
Hell, I even get to pet my dog during the work day for occasional and immediate stress relief; at the office I'd just sulk in a cube somewhere.
I'll concede that the COVID lock down made it hard to be remote since I couldn't hit a gym, bar, or hang with friends, but now that it's looking like we're reopening again those are viable.
But screw going back. If the cities can't handle it, good -- let the free market it do it's thing.
> Women do it all the time and quickly learn the intricacies of dating at a young age. Friendship and courtship are two different beasts and I bet women would like to be able to go on great dates with men who know have at least done a minimum of research in this area.
Women also have those intricacies thrust upon them, and often at a young age.
Most of the reasonably attractive girls I've known, as friends or more than friends, have been getting creeped on since they were like 12. I can think of at least one girl who got pregnant in 8th grade.
For women it's more of a survival strategy, while for dudes it's more of a hunting strategy.
> Sure, there are many snake oil dating "gurus" out there but I think many men could genuinely benefit from _some_ form of this.
In theory I'm okay with this, dudes could use a lesson or two, but in practice as you said there are a lot of snake oil types, and the culture that comes with it is often toxic as fuck. I used to bartend in college and a lil bit after and I saw some shady behavior come out of what were clearly PUA bros. Plus I don't want any well spoken, put together, respectful competition.
The US, China, the EU, what do you think their cyber warfare teams are doing all day?
And the US / UK / EU are usually more transparent when stuff gets hacked; transparency is not something Russia or China is known for.