I think that 30/40 years from now we will be in a very different place wrt to congregating and working from one location. 100 years ago cars came and replaced the horse and literally shaped our geography, how we live and what we are capable of. The horse did the same prior to the car. In that sense humanity evolved faster in someplaces than other, but evolved we did. We were more happier because of our expanded 'reach' on different dimensions provided by these new 'technologies and ways of life'. And after a long time of status quo (horses and then cars) those same sources and the way an individual life stems from it perhaps lead to more unhappiness than happiness - in the case of horses - streets where filled with horseshit which lead to disease etc. In case of cars we have horrible traffic, cities that are filled roads and streets that are more friendly for cars than people as everybody tried to congregate for work and living due to the concentration of economic opportunity. During this time computer and internet changed our capabilities again and they are reshaping access to economic opportunity. however the status quo model of life lead by cars and what they ensued still hold us back I think. And now this viral outbreak almost creates 'space' for new ideas to be considered or fringe ideas (remote companies/work) to be reconsidered which companies like buffer and gitlab have been a champion of and are being ahead of the curve in some ways.

There are different levels/types of economic opportunities -

1)some that can be distributed/capitalized upon regardless of geography. HN Cuts me more at https://pastebin.com/syMX9CGa