The fuel crisis of the early to mid 1970’s launched the concept of working from home, but the technology of the time was prohibitive. Sure an employee could have more than one telephone line and work away at an electric typewriter, but then what?
Separate from our first place (home) and second place (office), such coffee shops, libraries, pubs, parks and other “great good places” are informal, safe, public places where people gather to soak in the atmosphere and mingle with others.