I said nothing about treating people like humans, or not, and nothing about focus (I completely agree that developers should work in their own offices, and love working from home myself). I said we used to be treated like socially inept geniuses, left to our devices because no-one understood what the hell we were talking about. And now we're treated like everyone else. If that doesn't mean "like a human" then you're working for the wrong organisation, my friend.

I'm an old fart. I have to spend effort resisting the pull to be a grumpy old fart, though. It's not like it used to be, and mostly that's a good thing.