Why t he office isn't a cure for loniless
The study published in Science found that workers who hold “remotable jobs” (not necessarily people who actually work from home) and who live alone (only a part of the overall workforce) spend far more time by themselves and report more mental distress. We covered the concerns academics like Stanford’s Nick Bloom had with that study, most notably that controlled experiments show that working remotely boosts wellbeing.
27 August 2026