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1. Pass a law letting people WFH where its reasonably possible. I WFH in a walkable city and me and my friends try new restaurants every week, always around noon. I've met lots of new people, and joined new groups that I wouldn't have found out about if I was stuck at my desk. Give people more freedom of movement.

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Do you have any strong evidence that this would improve the situation? It may be correlative and not causative, but as working from home is increasing, it seems that most related statistics to loneliness are increasing as well. What if it's actually part of the problem and not the solution?

I'm not saying that I have evidence on hand to the contrary, just trying to challenge the idea.

At least in my area, WFH is going away and RTO is increasing. More and more of my friends can not meet up for lunch breaks for example.

It seems counterintuitive to restrict where people can be, and expect them to meet new people. I don't want to use my office to socialize, I prefer to make friends that I share interests with.

I see some people in this thread have had success with coworking spaces, that sounds better than an office, at least.

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