Zoom … Bust

Zoom! Here we go.
Hooray! No more office space to pay for! Increased productivity! Commuting … out! All the savings. All that increased revenue!

But alas, as I wrote earlier, the relationship “empty calories” consuming Zoom are coming home to roost. Just check the faces on Laverini and Majewski above. They’re from Atlanta. Looks like their favorite team just lost the Super Bowl blowing a 28-3 lead late in the third quarter. Ouch!
No, actually what you’re witnessing is the onset of a “virus” … the Zoom fatigue virus.

“Why am I feeling a little empty?”
“My creative juices have dwindled.”
“I don’t know. It’s just not the same.”
“I miss being with my team.”

No kidding. Don’t mean to be cavalier here. But this was a no brainer. The irreplaceability of human contact … face to face exchange is real. Very.

Today’s WSJ might sum this up best … 

“Online videoconferences are no substitute for the creativity that happens when a group of smart people get together in person. Trust between colleagues can break easily down outside the office.”

Every year around the Day of San Juan (October 23), the famous cliff swallows of San Juan Capistrano swirl into the sky and head back to their wintering grounds in Argentina, 6,000 miles south. Wonder if the return to offices around the USA on October 23rd might resemble the swallow migration.

Technology may be on a rampage. A lot of things are today. But an immutable truth. The human body, its function, its needs … its very existence. Will never be fueled by a machine, a robot … the next technological miracle.

The only true miracle is that God is, and always be the one in charge.
I doubt the “Last Supper” would ever have worked on Zoom.

We’ll continue to use Zoom. Let’s just be sure we do so with the proper perspective.