While I do think there is something to be said for face to face interactions, valorizing work is just making work your life instead of the thing that makes life possible.
Yes, if taking away the part of your day where you go and sit at a long desk table with headphones on in any way feels like "reducing your life," there's a bigger problem.
We could definitely use a major civic revival and more backyard barbecues. We could do without sitting in conference rooms.
While I do think there is something to be said for face to face interactions, valorizing work is just making work your life instead of the thing that makes life possible.