Mark Bittman

Really a community.

It was before COVID, obviously, so it was before people started working at home in great numbers.

And the people were fantastic, and it was great.

I did go in.

I was living in the city.

I went in every day or almost every day.

And I loved it.

And then I left, and then there's COVID, and it's not like that there anymore.

I mean, I don't know it firsthand, but I know most people don't go in, so it can't have that sense of community.

And I think that is a loss for us as a community also, as a country, I think.

Not talking about the times, but I think to the extent that we're atomized and isolated and we're not in community, I think we don't know each other.

It's a problem.

Right.

I think from a profit perspective, it's a mistake to have people not be in the same room.

But from a community perspective, it's a mistake.

It's unfortunate that we're not in community with each other.

There's two different worlds here.

The business world is making a mistake by not having people work together.

But we as humans are making a mistake by not hanging out.

I think that's right, too.