And i mean with people. Doing software, i find it easy to feel somewhat "connected" to the work i'm doing because of the sort of immediate "it works / solves the problem" quality software usually has.
But with people, even though we're all on the same situation and we make our best effort to have some casual hangout time via zoom, i still feel it's too "formal" in a way, compared to the in-person experience of going to grab something to eat together, or just talking about semi-work-related stuff. And the resulting disconnection is not a great feeling really.
The other reply comment to yours sort of dismisses this as a generational thing or something. I don't think that's really the case. Even though i fall in the millennial generation, i've had my fair share talking on the phone with friends and family. In those cases, you don't need any further excuse to do so than just "wanting to talk". With coworkers, of course, firing up a zoom call just to talk about nothing in particular would feel completely awkward. The thing about sharing an actual physical space, i think, is that it creates opportunities for those informal conversations to happen naturally.
This is not to say remote work doesn't have its upsides; it definitely does. But we should not dismiss its downsides so readily.