I just read an article about internet connected things, gadgets, tools, refrigerators, people, cars, etc., and it reminded me of the relative emptiness of virtual life, a metaphor for living through things, rather directly with other people. Humans for all their strangeness are still just relatively naked apes, and apes are extremely social animals. Chimpanzees spend a very large part of their time grooming each other, when they aren’t engaging in sexual intercourse. They do take breaks for food ...
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