It’s hard to pour concrete or empty bedpans if you work from home

When I returned to my office at George Washington University last week, the calendar on my wall – curled and faded with age – read March 2020.

Many Americans are facing a similar experience this fall, and are confronting these questions: What is the future of work? What did we learn during the pandemic about the virtues – and drawbacks – of online labor?

Put another way: How do we redefine the phras…