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For many, work from home with nice lunch is perfect, but is it overrated?

Home-cooked lunches and no commuting while we deal with coronavirus can't compensate for what's lost in creativity

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One of the reasons why some companies prefer traditional office time to remote working is that it reduces their transaction cost. Photo: iSTOCK

Kevin Roose | NYT
I’m writing this from the makeshift quarantine bunker in my dining room — sweatpants on, hand sanitizer nearby, snacking my way through my emergency rations. I’m getting plenty of work done, but I’m starting to get unnerved by the lack of stimulation.

It’s been hours (days?) since I interacted face to face with a human who is not related to me, and cabin fever is setting in.

Among the coronavirus’s many effects is a boom in people like me: office workers, shooed away from the office, trying to acclimate to a work-from-home lifestyle.

While the outbreak has already created inconveniences (and