I started working for a 100% remote company a couple of years before the pandemic started, and I'm still there. Remote first companies seem to be massively more productive. Before that I worked in an office, a very nice office, with very nice people, and I ran a lot of meetings and did what I could to make them useful and fun.

What have we lost? I think a small group of people feel like they've lost a lot, because they were able to dominate meetings and other people. It sounds like you're such a person. I don't think you realise it, or would frame it that way. I was the same. Many people don't like being in meetings, don't want to put themselves in front of other people in that way, prefer one to one conversations and async communication. Even people who like the social side of the office don't necessarily wish to be stuck in a meeting with people like us.

So let's be clear: what you have lost was a detriment to other people. They have gained at your loss. I think it was a net gain. Let's celebrate that and give in to the new way.