Source: Michael Easter
The article challenges recent high-profile reporting—notably from the New York Times—that frames remote work as a mental health crisis, arguing the underlying studies are being misinterpreted or lack rigor to support such claims. Corporate real estate interests, office landlords, and return-to-office advocates have used these weak studies to justify mandates that primarily benefit their financial models, not worker wellbeing. The pattern is clear: flawed science becomes policy when it aligns with incumbent power structures' interests.